Mohamed Salah has been benched after a string of poor performances.
“Mohamed Salah was spotted looking unhappy during Liverpool’s warm-ups after being sent to the bench,” the British outlet Sports Bible reported on Sunday.
Salah’s form has been off lately. Salah has been missing easy chances lately and has been repeatedly criticized by fans for his poor dribbling. But Klopp, in his trademark belief football, has faith in Salah.
When asked about Salah recently, Klopp said, “I’m not particularly worried. That’s what strikers do, that’s what happens to strikers, that’s what happens. We have to go through this, he has to go through that. He is one of the most experienced players in our team. We’ll look at it, but that’s pretty much it. I’m not going to make a big deal about it. What you make of it obviously doesn’t affect it. I’m not particularly worried about it.”
But in the end, Klopp made the call. The Reds have left Salah out of their starting lineup for their 2023/24 English Premier League (EPL) Round 35 match against West Ham at the London Stadium in London, England, on Sunday (Aug. 27).
During warm-ups, Salah looked disgruntled as he joined his fellow bench players in practicing. “Salah doesn’t look happy on the bench. He shouldn’t be.”
Meanwhile, ahead of the game, Liverpool boss Klopp said: “We have to show that on the pitch. Our motivation should be to win the game and not think about anything else. You can see that West Ham’s attack is threatening against big teams. We have to 카지노 be intense from the start, not let our guard down, and if we take it one game at a time, we can win.”
He added: “The only way we can change is to take our chances. We have to play football and we have a great group of players, so it’s not too difficult to pick up points.”
Liverpool took a step back from the title race after losing to Everton. However, a win would give them the momentum to get back into the title race.