Arne Slot given Mohamed Salah drop verdict after scoreless run and Man Utd defeat

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Let Hugo Ekitike have a go.This season is going to be the ultimate test for Liverpool - and Salah needs a break to get his confidence back.Jeremy CrossIf Arne Slot is prepared to drop Florian Wirtz, then he should take the same attitude with Salah. Liverpool have won one of their opening two games and amongst the remaining six are home fixtures against PSV Eindhoven and Qarabag.Arne Slot will not worry about making significant changes to his team for the trip to Eintracht Frankfurt and after eight Premier League starts - and one in Europe - Salah is primed for rotation, regardless of his form.But while he might be rotated for a relatively low-key assignment, Salah should not be dropped.

Well in all three of Liverpool's three Premier League defeats Salah has played from the right with Alexander Isak going through the middle. After all, we are talking about one of the Premier League’s best ever players, although he doesn’t look like it now.This is a serious test for Slot, you simply cannot be in a position where Salah is struggling.

There’s nothing to suggest Salah is finished, but there’s no harm in showing this is a team that can win games without him - after all, they’ll need to do that when he’s away with his country around the turn of the year, so why not get some practice in?Mark JonesIs it Frankfurt or bust for Slot? We're not quite there yet, but the midweek trip to Germany is looming large as one of the most important games of the Dutchman's Reds reign now.Four successive defeats simply can't be tolerated at the Premier League champions, and Slot has to change things for Wednesday night, including dropping Salah.It just isn't happening for the Egyptian right now, and there's a real lack of dynamism and threat coming from Liverpool's third highest goalscorer of all-time.