Alan Shearer pours cold water on Mohamed Salah breakthrough - 'He didn't have a choice'

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Alan Shearer says Salah had 'no choice' but to perform against Brighton (Image: Getty Images) "I don't know, what I do know is that he's going away for four or five weeks, which will, maybe, calm the situation," said Shearer. "I think it's nice that he's going away now," Richards commented.

"Even when he could have thrown Salah under the bus, he didn't. He should have scored." Shearer then interjected, stating, "I don't think he had a choice, by the way.

He had to perform, didn't he?" Lineker then asked Shearer to clarify what he meant, which led to the former Newcastle striker saying: "He [Salah] had to come on and do well, after what he said. "And then [being] put back in the squad, he had to run around, and he had to do well.