Arne Slot outlines Mohamed Salah theory with honest admission over Liverpool 'struggle'

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The former AS Roma winger has only netted five goals in his last 20 competitive Liverpool appearances, though that period does include the last few matches of last season, when the Premier League title was already wrapped up. "I see the same as the second half of last season, where he scored 12 goals — five from a penalty and one from a set-piece, so six open play goals," Slot said.

"He is part of a team that faces different opposition than the first half of last season. Learn more "Mo is a part of this and you can see this in the second half of last season and the first part of this season.

"What I'm trying to say is that we don't score as many open play goals as we did first part of last season and this is something we work on very hard. But we still struggle a bit to find enough goals from open play in the second half of last season and the first part of this season."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.