Last summer, Mohamed Salah chose to stay at Liverpool. Arriving on the banks of the Mersey in 2017 after a great season at AS Roma, the Egyptian winger made football history with the Reds. Becoming one of the best strikers in the history of the Premier League, the left-handed striker piled up goals and assists until he didn't know what to do with them. Survivor of the crazy attack with Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino, the former Chelsea man was at the end of his contract last summer with the residents of Anfield.
Finally, after an exceptional season from a statistical point of view (34 goals and 23 assists in 54 matches) and a new Premier League won, the Pharaoh made the choice to Liverpool. A choice hailed by fans and which inevitably pushed management to work on the transfer market to support their number 11 for his last two years of contract. Thus, after an expensive transfer window with 482 million euros spent on XXL arrivals, the transplant is struggling to take hold at Anfield. Even if Hugo Ekitike has integrated well, the same cannot be said of the other players who came to the reigning English champion this summer (Frimpong, Kerkez, Isak, Wirtz).
Arne Slot is not worried about Salah
A situation which inevitably impacts the club. Collectively, despite an interesting start to the season, Liverpool are less in shape than last year and notably remain with four defeats in their last five matches. And even if the great success on the pitch of Eintracht Frankfurt in the middle of the week is a first step to get out of the crisis (5-1), the Reds must do more and this also requires a return to form for Mohamed Salah. Pointed out and broken down with his teammates, the 33-year-old winger is suffering. Criticized, he only has three goals and as many assists in twelve games. An insufficient performance which does not worry Arne Slot.
Absent from the eleven during the last two Champions League matches, the Egyptian saw the Dutch technician defend himself at a press conference this Friday: “The last thing I'm worried about is Mo starting to score goals again… and that's what I expect from him in the coming weeks and months for our club. Everyone has been through a difficult time. Statistics influence public opinion. I have to show everyone what we did right and what we did wrong.»Having only managed one dribble in his 8 Premier League matches so far, Mohamed Salah will have to do better in all areas of the game to silence his detractors.
