Jurgen Klopp says that leaving out good players on match days has just become part of the game at Liverpool, as the Reds continue to fight for silverware on four fronts.
Recently, the German has had to leave out a number of match day regulars and even had the luxury of calling upon a fulling fit squad last week, with the likes of Divock Origi, Joes Gomez, Curtis Jones and Takumi Minamino all missing the cut.
But when asked in his pre-match press conference, ahead of the Reds' Premier League home match against Norwich City on Saturday, how difficult he finds telling players they are not in the squad, Klopp explained how it is simply something he has to deal with as the manager of a club at the highest level.