Alan Shearer gives brutal Alexander Isak verdict as Liverpool star hauled off vs PSG

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And I think Arne Slot said before the game didn't he? That he didn't see him doing too many more minutes than 45 and that's exactly what happened."In deciding to pick Isak, Slot also dropped Mohamed Salah from his starting eleven.

Before the Egyptian was introduced, Jamie Carragher admitted he was shocked Slot dropped the Egyptian for Isak.Carragher said: "I can't believe it, that he [Salah] is not playing. The manager will have his reasons, but Isak is nowhere near fit."Mo Salah didn't play in the first leg, so he's not like some of the players who played last week and then played at the weekend in the Premier League."He played in the Premier League, he scored a goal, he's still one of Liverpool, probably Liverpool's best goalscorer.

He's used to this system; Isak's never really played at with Ekitike before."Now I don't think Arne Slot's the type of manager who would almost be thinking: 'I remember what you did to me a few months ago when you called me out publicly.'"Certain managers in the past, I can think of maybe Alex Ferguson... I don't think Arne Slot would, but is it because he's already announced he's leaving?"And it's something like: 'I'm almost going with the players who are going to be here in the next year.' I don't know, it's the only thing I can think of, but even that doesn't make sense, because it's about the here and now, so I'm flabbergasted Mo Salah's not playing."Speaking about his team selection before the match, Slot said: "The thinking is that, as we all know, we need to score goals, and there are goals in these players.