Exactly, this is just poor luck coupled with an environment that is perfect for injuries.
He rotated as much as he could:
LB: rotated in the form Tsimikas (got injured)
LCB: rotated in the form of Rhys
RCB: played fab 45 mins before playing Koumetio (u-23 kid)
RB: Trent played the 90 minutes to regain fitness
CDM: Rotated in the form of Clarkson (u-23 kid)
RCM: Keita playing to regain fitness and subbed off
LCM: Minamino played in there because we had nobody else other than regulars (Henderson, Wijnaldum, and Jones)
LW: Jota was supposed to act as rotation because other than him, there was only Origi who is not a starter who could play and he was already playing
ST: rotated in the form of Origi
RW: Salah because there was no one left to play other than regulars
Edit:
This is the list of players that were available (on the bench) once that heavily rotated starting XI was fielded: Adrian, Jarosz (GK), Matip, Koumetio,Robbo,Neco, Hendo, Jones, Gini, Jake Cain, Sadio, Bobby
If you factor in that Trent and Keita were playing for match fitness, I don't see which regular he could've rested he did not rest in one way or the other. Short from fielding the whole u-23 team and getting a sh*t ton of criticism (probably from the same people), I don't see what he does to avoid. Poor luck and a particularly agressive Midtjylland team for a game that had nothing significant attached to it, that's all.
Lots of you poking the hornets nest hoping for a reaction, this post explains a lot and points out how short we are because of injuries, if you really want to vent your spleen have a look at the fixture schedule and those f***in idiots who think it’s ok for players to play every three f***in days with little or no recovery time, then factor in travel time, no time to be on the training pitches, etc etc,
So sit yourselves down and have a nice wee mug of shut the F**k up, you obviously have no idea of the intensity levels we play at,it’s absolutely full on both in training and match day, it’s why we are the champions, this why Jürgen, Pep G, etc are screaming for 5 subs, in our case we are down to the bare bones hence having to use U 23 players in a Champions League fixture dead rubber or not,
There are many brains needing engagement before the operating of many gobs !
Jota could have picked up his injury at any time, same as any player, pitchside or in training, I just think we have been hit by a streak of mis- fortune injury wise, when do you see as many injuries as we have at any one time, it’s freaky, and not helped by a concertina’d fixture schedule which is just f***in crazy at normal times never mind Covid and very soon the usual Xmas madness,
Some of you need to get a f***in grip !
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