Gary Lineker says Liverpool star will be annoyed with Arne Slot after big decision in Man Utd defeat

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Arne Slot brought off Mohamed Salah in the 85th minute of Liverpool’s loss (Picture: Getty) Gary Lineker says Mohamed Salah will not have appreciated being taken off by Arne Slot in the closing stages of Liverpool’s shock 2-1 defeat to Manchester United. Salah was largely anonymous at Anfield (Picture: Getty) Maguire’s late winner saw United rise to ninth in the table (Picture: Getty) Reflecting on United’s first victory at Anfield since 2016, Lineker told The Rest Is Football podcast: ‘That’s a big win for [Ruben] Amorim. ‘I think that’s his first time he’s had back-to-back Premier League victories which is an extraordinary statistic. ‘Also, we have to say that Manchester United generally have been better against the bigger clubs.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘Under Amorim and even prior to Amorim they became sort of better on the counter-attack. ‘But for a club like Manchester United, you can’t ultimately be that because you’re going to play against teams with a low block and that’s where they have struggled.’ On Slot’s bold decision to remove Salah in the 85th minute, the ex-England, Tottenham and Barcelona striker added: ‘It was interesting, almost a statement from Arne Slot, that he brought Mo Salah off. We know what Mo’s like, he can pop up.

I know he missed a chance and he was very quiet in the game, but it was an interesting decision. ‘It nearly paid off immediately because Frimpong went down, crossed the ball and Gakpo should have scored. ‘But I just thought, “Hmm… Mo won’t like that”, you know Mo.’ Salah won’t have appreciated being taken off, says Lineker (Picture: Getty) Lineker believes ‘things aren’t going’ for Salah at this early stage of the season, with the Egyptian failing to score in his last five appearances for the Reds. ‘The interesting thing, speaking as a striker in my day, is that when things are not going for you… the ball dropped right between his feet [for the chance],’ Lineker continued. ‘He didn’t know whether to try and open himself up, hit it with the inside of his foot, or hit it with the outside of his foot. Richards understood Slot’s decision to remove Salah (Picture: Getty) ‘When things are going for you, when you’re in form, that would have dropped perfectly, three or four inches to the left, and he’d have just opened himself up and bent it into the top corner. ‘It’s funny how those things happen.’ Lineker’s colleague on The Rest Is Football, Micah Richards, had ‘no problem’ with Slot deciding to bring off his star forward given ‘no player is bigger than the team’. ‘Yeah, but at the end of the day, the manager has got to do what is right for the team,’ the former Manchester City and England defender chimed in. ‘No player is bigger than the team and Mo has been a team player.. ‘At the moment, he’s not the Mo that we’ve seen in previous years.