LIVERPOOL, England -- As the heavens opened over Anfield, the TV cameras panned to the Liverpool dugout.
Behind head coach Arne Slot and his bench of substitutes, Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak, and Florian Wirtz were sat side-by-side in the stands, bundled up against the cold. The trio have more than 500 career goals between them, but on Wednesday night, they were powerless to do anything but watch as Liverpool were beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup.
Having made 10 changes from Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Brentford, Slot will have known such an outcome was highly likely.