"You want to line up the best possible team and there are different factors; one is who played together," Jurgen Klopp said about the rotation, as quoted by the official Liverpool website.
"[For the Crystal Palace game] it was 'rhythm or freshness?' and we decided for freshness. Otherwise we could have played one or another again, but we didn’t want that.
"Joel [Matip] is not injured or anything, we just left him completely out of the squad so we don’t get into danger of bringing him on or whatever. Trent [Alexander-Arnold], we planned to bring him [in] but that was sorted as well, so that’s it.
"We will rotate, we always rotated, but you see in the last line in the last years we couldn’t rotate really because there were always a maximum of two fit [centre-backs] very often – and the third one was already a midfielder.
"In midfield, hopefully we have the numbers to do [it] and we need that because, as I said before the game, this is the engine room of the team and we need to make the changes there.
"Up front, we have different opportunities as well, so that’s good. How often we do it, I didn’t make a plan already for the season, but as often as necessary and possible."
We can be pretty certain that we'll see quite a lot of rotation for the next game when Liverpool take on Norwich in Carabao Cup.
As Klopp has never considered the cup competitions his priorities, he tends to involve fringe players in those matches. So, the likes of Takumi Minamino, Nat Phillips, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Divock Origi and Caoimhin Kelleher could all feature on Tuesday.
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Liverpool squad depth after summer transfer window shown in line-up
Liverpool might've brought in just Ibrahima Konate this summer, but Jurgen Klopp might've had a point when he said that the Reds did not need just new players.
The boss already has quite a large squad and can field two competitive line-ups - although questions remain whether every player in the backup XI is good enough for a top-six side, let alone a Premier League title contender.
Liverpool's squad depth for the 2021/22 season:
The chart above does not even include some senior players like Nat Phillips, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or Divock Origi.
How satisfied are you with the squad depth right now?
