The Whites were in action during the week, fighting back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against high-flying Chelsea away from home.
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“Of course we want to go to the next round,” the German began. “There is no doubt about this, but of course, on the other hand, the league and achieving survival has a priority.
“And that’s why we won’t risk any player if we have any doubts. So I don’t think Anton Stach and Pascal Struijk will be involved in this game because they are still in rehabilitation.”
“Dominic Calvert-Lewin has returned after his illness so we have good news for him and then we make some late decisions where we think about which player is ready to play another game and who needs maybe a bit of attention.
“But overall there were no new injuries after the Chelsea game and everyone who was available for this game should be too.
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“Obviously on Tuesday night we came back by coach, so yesterday we only had a recovery day. Now we have a training session this afternoon and then also on Saturday.
“Then I will also decide who looks good in training, who looks ready in training and then we will decide who will be in the starting eleven and who maybe will be left out.
“Then we will decide how much we will rotate. Last time I think it was more necessary to rotate because the FA Cup game was at the end of a long run of many, many games and the turnaround was very quick. I doubt we will need to rotate as much for this game.”