Former Manchester United legend Gary Neville described Liverpool’s top scorer, Mohamed Salah, as “useless” after his performance declined during the current season, while Dutch coach Arne Slot defended his player, saying that he is a human being and not a “machine.”“.
Salah, the third top scorer in Liverpool’s history, continued his declining levels this season, as he received the lowest rating among his team’s players, along with defender Connor Bradley, in the 2-1 loss to Chelsea on Saturday for the seventh round of the English Premier League..
Neville said on his podcast commenting on the match: Salah was incredibly useless, especially in the last 15-20 minutes. It is true that the consistency of his level over the past years deserves praise, but his decisions today were very bad. When he was entering the penalty area against Chelsea, he made the wrong decision to shoot instead of passing or acting better. He was very weak..
On the other hand, Liverpool coach Arne Slot responded to the criticism that targeted his Egyptian player recently, saying: We must know that Salah is a human being and not a machine. Every opportunity he gets should not be inside the net. Perhaps people think that he is required to do so because of what he has been doing over the past years, but there are matches in which this happens, while in other matches he is not lucky..
Salah received the worst rating against Crystal Palace in last week’s match, then he remained as a substitute against Galatasaray in the Champions League, before receiving the lowest rating during Liverpool’s loss to Chelsea at the top of the round in the English Premier League..
“Mo” scored only two goals in the English Premier League during the past 7 rounds of the competition, as his last goal dates back to last September 14 against Burnley..
