'Mo Salah exposed Arne Slot weakness – he needs to take leaf out of Jurgen Klopp's book'

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Arne Slot appeared to get Mohamed Salah back on side before he left Liverpool for the Africa Cup of Nations, but his long-term future remains uncertainJurgen Klopp's managerial approach would have been far better equipped to handle Mohamed Salah's explosive outburst compared to Arne Slot's methods. That's the view of former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, who highlighted the contrasting styles between Klopp and Slot when it comes to managing players.Internal discord threatened to further undermine Liverpool's faltering Premier League title defence earlier this month when Salah declared he was "being thrown under the bus" by the club and claimed his relationship with the Dutch boss had completely deteriorated.The 33-year-old's explosive remarks followed Liverpool's 3-3 stalemate with Leeds - marking the third consecutive league fixture he'd been relegated to the bench, and the second occasion this campaign he remained an unused substitute.Salah suggested a January departure could be on the horizon, with Slot responding to his outburst by excluding him entirely from the matchday squad for their 1-0 Champions League victory over Inter Milan days later.A discussion between the duo took place the day before their league encounter with Brighton, resulting in Salah's return to the squad and his first-half introduction following Joe Gomez's injury.

For me, Salah isn't a kid, he's not a Rio Ngumoha or a Trey Nyoni, so I think he deserves an explanation on certain things. I don't think the manager has done anything wrong in the sense of it's up to him whether he wants to play Mo Salah or bench him."It's his job that's on the line.

But in saying that, [Salah] does need more of an explanation because of what he's done and who he is." Heskey highlighted the nuanced distinction between Klopp and Slot's positions at Liverpool, noting how the German was brought in as a manager whilst the Dutchman has been labelled as a head coach by the club.Although it's suggested that Slot's duties centre more around training and tactics rather than the man-management that Klopp embraced during his nine-year tenure, Heskey insists it's still down to Slot to initiate dialogue with Salah to repair any rifts."He's the leader, he has to," he continued. "There's two points to this, he's a head coach.