John Barnes now disagrees with what Jamie Carragher has said about Liverpool’s Mo Salah
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Mohamed Salah’s recent Liverpool struggles have been a major talking point, with Jamie Carragher and John Barnes among those to comment.Ally McCoist discussed Salah’s clear dip in form ahead of the Reds’ loss to Manchester City prior to the November international break.On the back of the 3-0 defeat, Wayne Rooney claimed the Liverpool winger’s defensive work this season hasn’t been good enough.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Now, former player John Barnes has questioned something that Jamie Carragher has said about the Egyptian this season.Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesJohn Barnes disagrees with Jamie Carragher about Mohamed SalahDuring the latest episode of the No Tippy Tappy Football with Sam Allardyce podcast, Barnes was asked: “So Liverpool this season, Carragher’s recently said that Salah now can’t start every game like he used to.
It’s just the fact that Liverpool are now playing in a different way. So we’re playing in a different way, which means that Salah isn’t going to be as impactful.
It’s nothing to do with him himself being 33, 34.“It’s the fact that the team is now playing in a different way to create chances for different people. So it coincides with the fact that he’s 33, 34, and people putting 2 and 2 together, and in my opinion, coming up with five“So he can start every game, but he won’t start every game because we now have an abundance of strikers, so therefore he can leave him out.” Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty ImagesIs Mohamed Salah injured ahead of Nottingham ForestDespite continued question marks over Salah’s form, the winger still has five goals and three assists in 16 matches this season.Only Hugo Ekitike has scored more goals for the Reds, and losing the winger for any length of time would be a blow.Recently, Salah missed Egypt’s clash with Cape Verde, which may have raised concerns ahead of this weekend’s meeting with Nottingham Forest.But the official statement from Egypt did not mention an injury for the Liverpool ace.It read: “The absence of the duo Ahmed Sayed Zizo and Hamdi Fathi from the Cape Verde match due to injury was also confirmed, and Salah Mohsen underwent recovery training, in addition to giving Mohamed Salah a rest, and his non-participation in the Cape Verde friendly.”