Mohamed Salah, one of the greatest players in Liverpool history, was left out of the first team for the third match in a row on Saturday, where the Reds squandered a 2-0 lead on Leeds United. The Reds finished up in a 3-3 stalemate, and one has to wonder now if manager Arne Slot will call upon the Egyptian winger for the next match.
Benching/freezing out Mo Salah isn’t doing anything to help obtain better results.
UCL Matchday 6 FYIs
Liverpool FC at Inter Milan
Kickoff: 8pm BST, Tues. Dec. 9, San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy
Liverpool Team News: go here
UCL Standings, Form: Inter Milan 4th, 10 pts WWWWL Liverpool 13th 9 pts, WLWWL
Salah has publicly hit out at the club, and admitted that his relationship with Slot has soured. It’s obvious that he’s on his way out by the end of the season, and might be even be gone in the January transfer window. But in the meantime, it’s clear this team needs him, and they might need to call upon him, despite all the friction.
Liverpool Starting XI Prediction
Alisson Becker; Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Dominic Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones; Florian Wirtz, Federico Chiesa, Hugo Ekitike
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