Liverpool fell to a deserved defeat at residence to Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, with far too lots of the Reds’ gamers slumping far under the degrees they’d proven in latest weeks.
It was a very irritating day for Mo Salah, whose file of scoring in each match this season was ended on what was a below-par efficiency from him total.
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Talking on punditry obligation for Premier Sports activities, Damien Delaney was vital of the 32-year-old over his inaccurate decison-making within the last third as plenty of promising openings got here and went with out reward.
The ex-Crystal Palace defender stated of our quantity 11 (by way of CaughtOffside): “His decision-making was poor as we speak. Coming inside, couple of misplaced passes, that [highlights] bundle might’ve gone on for one more 30 seconds, such was the regularity of him giving the ball away.”
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One explicit second-half second from Salah summed up his unusual off-day and justified Delaney’s criticism, when the Liverpool ahead delayed a cross regardless of having a number of teammates in good positions within the penalty space, and the eventual supply was overhit.
It was a passage of play which, within the phrases of Sky Sports activities reporter Laura Hunter, elicited ‘groans from the Kop‘ – a sound which was heard all too usually this afternoon, however the followers couldn’t be blamed for feeling aggravated over what transpired on the pitch.
The Egyptian tried 5 dribbles as we speak and succeeded with just one (Sofascore), a poor return which captured simply how head-scratching a efficiency it was for him.
We’ve come to count on so significantly better from an skilled, world-class participant in Salah, however hopefully it was nothing greater than a uncommon off-day from our quantity 11. Historical past means that he’ll shortly get again on the horse, although, and hopefully he may take his frustrations out on AC Milan on Tuesday!
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