Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed plans to rotate his starting XI over the festive period.
The Reds will play seven matches in the next 27 days, including clashes against Chelsea, Manchester City and Napoli in the Champions League.
Speaking before Saturday's clash with Bournemouth, Klopp said: "It's unbelievably important. It was important that we really could make the changes because it was absolutely clear for us that it would be very intense at Turf Moor. We needed fresh legs and we had them for fighting in the game. That's what happened there.
"We were not brilliant from the first second, but you cannot expect that because we didn't make 12 changes in the last few weeks. A few players didn't play for a while and then it is easy to sit outside and say, 'Yeah, now you know why you don't play…' We all know, all people in the business know, that it needs a bit of time and I told the boys that at half-time. I was not a bit surprised it was a bit rusty.
"We have now the opportunity to do much better if we change a few little things. It was much better for all of the boys, so that helped massively. Then that you can bring on the players we brought on helps as well, so that's how it is and now we will have to do it in the next few weeks as well because it's not over – it's only started.
"It was clear, and it was a message from the first day of the season, we will need all of the boys and Burnley was one that showed that."