Every word from Arne Slot as Liverpool boss responds to Mohamed Salah comments

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I can guess, but I don't think that's the right thing to do in this moment of time. But, as I said, it's not the first and not the last time that when a player doesn't play, I'm not sure if he was emotional or not, but that he says something similar to what he did.

OK, because I'm the manager I have to pick a team so to a certain extent I'm important in this situation as well, but the focus that I have at the moment is completely on the team and not on me at all." Do you understand the frustration and why Salah "would say such things"? I think usually I'm calm and polite but that doesn't mean I'm weak, so if a player has these comments about so many things then it's about me, us as a club to react and we reacted in a way you can see now, that he's not here." Do you feel you "could have done anything differently" to have avoided the situation?

But then I have to guess a little bit if that's not only because he doesn't play, then the answer to your question could be just play him every single time - but maybe that's not the reason why he said what he said. Maybe that's not the reason why he thinks and feels this way - and he has every right to feel what he feels, but he doesn't have the right to share it with the media... he has that right but it's up to us to react on it." When was the last time you spoke to Salah and are you "on speaking terms"?