Claudius having so many injuries to other players makes it very hard to rest certain players. A major reason why its hard to rest Rice is because everyone else is out. The drop off from Saka to Madueke is further than Rice to MLS, Zubi, Merino, etc but when Ode, Kai, Merino, etc are all out and you are trying to fix so many other issues Rice just has to keep going. Same for the CBs, Mosquera looks very assured but if he's covering right back or you'll need him to come on at 60 minutes for White/Timber then you can't start him at CB.