Alexander Isak is in line to make his Premier League debut for Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby – but the £125million man has been ‘feeling his body more than ever’ according to boss Arne Slot.
Because of this, the boss has given his league leaders a lie-in on Friday and the squad will train in the later-than-usual mid-afternoon slot after a gruelling 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, which ended less than 72 hours before they host Everton.
Sleep is often cited as the best source of recovery for athletes – and all humans – and Slot has adhered to that as his team look to navigate a gruelling week in which they played at Burnley on Sunday, a tight Champions League match on Wednesday and then a tense derby on Saturday.