Arne Slot immediately backtracks on 'clueless' comment as Mohamed Salah sent clear message

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The Egypt international has been named as a substitute for Liverpool's last two games.He did not even make it onto the pitch for last weekend's 2-0 win over West Ham United, but he was introduced at half-time of their clash against Sunderland on Wednesday. Replays showed that there was a touch from Nordi Mukiele which made a big impact and thus the leveller went down as an own goal by the Sunderland man.READ MORE: Trent Alexander-Arnold suffers new Real Madrid blow after being destroyed by Spanish mediaREAD MORE: Florian Wirtz has Liverpool goal taken away from him as statement releasedSpeaking after the game, Slot was asked about playing Salah before he goes to AFCON before he performed a U-turn on his plans for this weekend's fixture against Leeds.He told Sky Sports: "That's always the situation, it has nothing to do with Mo or with anyone.

That's always what you try as a manager and we're now 10, 15 minutes after the game so I haven't given a thought to how we're going to play at the weekend against Leeds, who I think had a good result today as well."Another challenge for us, so I have no clue yet who is going to start. Not beating Leeds this weekend could see that return but Slot appears relaxed about his future with the stance from the club's hierarchy clear.After the 3-0 defeat to PSV, he said: "I am feeling safe, I am OK.

It is not the first time I've been in a difficult position, but it is about time that we turned it around."I'm not worried. I need to do better, and that's what I'm trying to do every single day."