Curtis Jones makes Liverpool dressing room feelings on Arne Slot clear before more Mohamed Salah talks
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He is there with us and we are there with him as well.”Recent events have shown change isn’t always painless following the explosive outburst from Salah after failing to appear in the 3-3 Premier League draw at Leeds United on Saturday having been benched for the third game in a row.The 33-year-old – who suggested he had no relationship with Slot and had been thrown “under the bus” by the club and made a scapegoat for the Reds' poor form this season – was subsequently left out of the trip to Milan, with question marks over whether he will play again for the champions.More talks are expected between Slot and Salah this week ahead of the visit of Brighton on Saturday, with the winger then joining up with his national team for the Africa Cup of Nations.But for Liverpool’s squad, results and not individual grievances are shaping the spirit in the dressing room.“If you go and win a game it’s always the best feeling,” said Jones. If we give away points against teams we should beat then we will always be upset, we will always question why.
As a player he has done so much for this club it's going to be the club's and his decision.”Notably, Liverpool have been unbeaten in all four games Salah has now failed to appear with the win at Inter, beaten in two of the last three Champions League finals, the highlight.It dragged Liverpool’s Champions League campaign back on track after the horror show of a 4-1 home defeat to PSV Eindhoven a fortnight earlier that prompted Jones to declare the Reds were “in the s***”.But he warned: “It’s only one game. We are in a situation where it is hard with the games we have lost.
It is more about freshening things up, having a bit of a change and that’s what we have done.”Concentration now turns to improving Liverpool’s recent home form this weekend with the Reds having won only two of their last seven matches at Anfield.“A big thing is the fans feed off us and we feed off them as well,” said Jones. “If we are chasing a ball down and show the real us, it helps the side.“On the flip side, we are getting beaten and the games are dry and stale and we’re playing slow, the fans will get bored as well.“But the stadium is always packed, the fans are always there singing the songs, so it is down to us repay them in the ways we can.”