Arne Slot makes Mohamed Salah feelings clear as Liverpool boss sets record straight

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Slot though insists he isn’t worried.“He set his own standards and those are so, so, so high, and the moment he doesn’t score for a few games people are immediately surprised - that is probably the biggest compliment he can get,” Slot said in his press conference ahead of facing West Ham this weekend.“With data, you can use it to your advantage or disadvantage, so not to use the FA Cup game, if we play a Premier League side, you could argue if that is fair. But that's the way it works: if we want to highlight something really positive, we try to forget one or two games, and if we want to highlight something negative, we can try to forget one or two games as well.Mohamed Salah is without a goal in his last nine Premier League games(Image: Getty Images)“Three games ago, he had an assist and a goal against a very good Premier League side in Brighton.

That is a very good Premier League team for so many years.“So that is the reality, and then you can change data and say he did not score in nine Premier League games. That is the standard he sets for himself and that is why people are surprised when things like that happen.”Asked whether Salah is playing at the level he or Slot wants, the Liverpool boss responded: “Then I should go really detailed into his performances and that is something we do together and maybe this is not the place or time to do it.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

But we also know, even in my time, this has happened before, I don’t know if it happened nine games in a row, but I've had these questions earlier if didn’t score for three or five, but I also know in the end he always starts scoring again.“That is the challenge he has and we have now to make sure he starts scoring again. He is not our only attacker at this moment in time that doesn’t score as much as we are used to.“The focus is totally on him because of everything he did for the club, but Hugo [Ekitike] and Cody [Gakpo] haven’t scored that many goals recently as well.