AFCON organizers can't resist pointed response after Jamie Carragher's Mohamed Salah comments

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Salah's comments in the Elland Road mixed zone on Saturday night have dominated the English soccer agenda in recent days, after he suggested that Liverpool has thrown him under the bus this season. Salah has been left out of the Liverpool squad for Tuesday's Champions League game against Inter Milan, and his last opportunity to appear for Liverpool before he heads off for the Africa Cup of Nations comes against Brighton on Saturday.

The Liverpool head coach had this to say when asked if he feels as though his relationship with Salah has broken down – which is what Salah had hinted at during his incendiary interview in West Yorkshire: "No, that's not the way I feel. Slot's pre-game Inter Milan press conference was dominated by Salah chat (Image: 2025 Liverpool FC) "But he was very respectful to my staff members, to his teammates and he trained really hard.

So, to an extent it was a surprise to me when I heard after the game that he gave the comments he gave. "But, as I said, it's not the first and not the last time that when a player doesn't play, I'm not sure if he was emotional or not, but that he says something similar to what he did.