Arne Slot forced into Alexander Isak decision because he dropped Mohamed Salah

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Arne Slot said that a lack of wide players available to him led him to setting his team up in a diamond formation for the Champions League game against Inter Milan. Explaining his team selection, Slot said: "The thinking is in this moment of time I have 13 players or so.

"It's only the second time they [Ekitike and Isak] have started together. For them, the only other time they played together was against Frankfurt.

It's normal that they need to find a certain connection – the more they play together, the more that will happen." Arne Slot during Liverpool versus Inter Milan (Image: 2025 Giuseppe Cottini) Salah was omitted from the Liverpool squad for the game against Inter following the remarks he made in the Elland Road mixed zone on Saturday. "I think whenever Mo Salah stops in a mixed zone, which he's done four times in eight years at Liverpool, it is choreographed by him and his agent to cause maximum damage and to strengthen his own position."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.