Arne Slot explains why Mohamed Salah was benched in the first place at Liverpool

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Salah took aim at the club and Slot in an extraordinary interview on Saturday, in which he accused Liverpool of “throwing him under the bus” and suggested that someone wanted him out, while also claiming his relationship with his boss had broken down. His tirade came after he was named on the bench for a third game in a row against Leeds on Saturday, with the 33-year-old suggesting afterward that he could play his final game for the club this week.

Having dropped him completely from his squad to face Inter Milan in the Champions League, Slot revealed why he had decided to bench Salah in the first place, with the decision coming after a run of nine defeats in 12 games. Mohamed Salah hit out at Liverpool and Arne Slot after being benched for three games (Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images) "We, as a team, struggled this season and more and more last season with the game plans other teams had against us,” Slot said in his pre-match press conference.

We won the game so I decided to do it one more time against Sunderland. Mohamed Salah claimed his relationship with Arne Slot had broken down (Image: Richard Martin-Roberts - CameraSport via Getty Images) "I could have played Mo off the right but I decided to play Hugo." Doubts now linger over whether Salah may have already played his final game for the club.