ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens discuss Mohamed Salah’s recent form for Liverpool and ask whether the club need to consider resting him to get the best out of him again.
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MO SALAH is my world
Let him rest against Wolves, start Minamino and Unleash Salah Vs Madrid
If Salah is fully fit, he definitely should play in important games, no question. However, even if Salah and Virgil are ready to play this weekend, I don't think Klopp will risk them against Wolves, at least they won't be in the starting lineup. I don't think Klopp will gamble here especially if Liverpool are leading in the score in half-time. Liverpool are having UCL final to play and for Klopp palyers availability and team success are more imporant than individual ones.
Dragged on Contract negotiations have 10x worse impact than AFCON. He feels that Liverpool doesn’t value him as he sees himself and that suck the soul out of anyone.
Liverpool is fucked if Salah don’t play
eating all the wings
salah la la
not sharing anything
mo salah mo salah
eating all the wings
salah la la
the selfish king
mo salah mo salah
teammates: we dying of hunger bro .
salah : the most imbordand thing is i eat all the chicken and i dont care about you all .
Yes! Rest him at the weekend so fresh for CL
Luis Diaz is the replacement
Klopp will play Salah regardlessly cos Klopp wants to get a result out of Salah’s vengeance attitude other than revenging. Liverpool will be playing hard press and very very physical.
I think most of all he is tired in mind. Rather than body.
They winning with Salah on the field, what's the problem
Salah always been the best and he still the best without him without his assist for the last few games Liverpool won get nowhere
They have depth so why not
LiVARpool ?
Carried by VAR/FA
Luis Diaz is getting more than fair share of recognition. He's good but Jota isn't any bad either.
Salah has got to be tired. He:
– had a wonderful 1st half of season
– played entire AFCON till final
– played Carabao Cup till final
– played FA Cup till final
He needs rest
BTW, for those idiots who say he is overrated – Salah has 22 goals and 13 assists this season in premier league
Salah doesnt have good mentality for big moments, all those misses against barcelona in barcelona, (if he had started in anfield against barcelona we wouldnt have made it, im pretty sure of that), the big miss against madrid last year, even in the ucl final he dissapeared besides the penalty, hes kinda like guardiola, great for leagues but not for mystic cups like ucl. And even in the league whenever were on the verge of being fucked, the ones that appear are usually divock or mane, never salah. On this time I would definitely start jota or even minamino over him.
It doesn't matter if Salah is in the final or not, that midfield already belongs to Real Madrid hence rendering Liverpool's attack toothless.
Rest him we got plenty of others
Salah will destroy madrid
For those who need context, Salah has played the most minutes of ANYONE in world football this season.
What makes Salah and Mane tick is Firmino. He brings them together.
Look it's very clear the afcon and wc qualifier got him and on top of that the contract….anyone would get affected by these things he is a human afterall and also I'd like to add that he was playing consistently without taking a break like a machine
We need him, he is the kind of player that when he switches on he will get things done. 2 games to go, if he is fit he should play.
Liverpool should sell Salah this summer and buy Bowen, Sarr and Cucho Hernandez. Salah isn't worth more than £250k a week for Liverpool because VVD, Trent, Alisson, Fabinho… are just as important
Mane has played equally amount of games Salah has a dip in form after his AFCON disappointment, no excuses they are professional players handsomely paid.
Gab is the number one liverpool/Salah hater
Real madrid have the advantage, they get 2 days more rest then liverpool, no injuries, all players fit.
Liveprool will get 2 days less rest then madrid, their last game is the same day and time as city last, so they are forced to start important players, fabinho with a serious injury, salah,van dijk,Gomez with small injuries so they have to play to see if they are ready or they will get subbed early and wont even start possibly in the final
Also just some fun stuff, real madrid won man city in 2017, may 4 and are in the finals, won the finals in may 28.
Real madrid win man city in 2022,may 4 and are in the finals, may 28 finals….
Ronaldo won the ucl in lisbon(home country), bale in cardiff and this seaosn ucl final in paris also(benzema)
And since 2013, every team with a Croatian in it has won the ucl, modric is in the final while playing for Madrid
One for liverpool also, the last time madrid lost the final was against liveprool in paris
Anyways for me this tie is a 50/50, gonna be an interesting game
I commented many times as Liv playing now MO Salah no needed. Many people would said he gifted Liv many assts!! What! Only him knows how to asst in soccer nowadays?? They need really a perfect forwarder to make goals ok
How can you have 14 goal contributions in 18 games with a goal and assists ratio of 0.95 and still be poor. If he is poor why hasn't anyone catch his stats in his team or in the league.
The man playing more game than most play, lost AFCON and lost WC qualify in the space of a month, on going contract talk, come on now it will affect most people, he need a test the end of season will be good for him hopefully with one or 2 more trophies
When Salah was on top of his game, he refused to sign for a "measly" 400K Pounds/week, He wanted over 500K! Now with his dip in form and the blazingly hot Luis Diaz, Salah now wants to sign the 400K contract! Unfortunately the deal is now off the table! and with his current form, HE NEEDS TO TAKE A PAY-CUT from his current contract!! Yaah Neh! football!???
He doesn’t have the heart to play because Liverpool doesn’t want to agreed with his term. It’s better to spend that money to buy two or three players better than Salah. Salah in Malay language means loose/lost. That’s what he is now .
Doesn’t matter if he’s fit. Never turns up in big games especially finals ghost the whole game and has small spells. Not good enough when he’s really needed
Salah has played 65+ (including international) games this season and don’t think you he will have a dip of form? Simply he has not rested. He DOES need a break
Salah has bit rested all year. Much to the discredit of Klopp who should have been more clever with this position.
We need Mo to come back to his form . We need the real Mo for CL final ?
Is he fatigued>? Or contract talks/issues gotten to him?
No he is past his best
Salah seems to have lost all his swagger and confidence, and it’s eating at him. He just needs to get out of his and play his natural game. He’s been terrible since the WC qualifiers and that shows in the number of goals as well.
Salah isn’t poor what’s happening is defenders up there game when playing against him. Give defenders come Credict
Man Salah is so hated……
Salah has been pretty poor for the entirety of the second half of the season. He will play at least against Madrid, and probably against Wolves. However, I think Liverpool should strongly consider selling to PSG in the summer if they can get an outrageous fee given his performance level and that he's 30.
2 more games. Stop being soft.