Liverpool legend calls for Mohamed Salah axe: ‘The guy is not giving you anything!’

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Mohamed Salah’s form has been a cause for concern for Liverpool (Picture: Getty Images) Arne Slot should drop Mohamed Salah as he is ‘not giving him anything,’ believes Liverpool legend Steve Nicol. The second part of the question is, for who?’ Nicol told ESPN FC on whether he would bench Salah. ‘You have to try and figure a way out to get him back to somewhere near his best.

Salah could not get the Reds back into the game against an impressive Manchester City (Picture: Getty Images) ‘I got excited when he scored a couple of goals in a couple of games [against Brentford and Aston Villa], but his overall performance hasn’t really changed much other than those two goals. ‘Now the only other thing you can do is sit him on the bench, Sit down, have a look, maybe a different perspective. ‘Then play him the next game and let’s see if there’s any sort of reaction because unfortunately he’s reached the stage now where the team can’t carry him anymore. Simple as that.’ Mo Salah Premier League stats this season Apps: 11 Goals: 4 Assists: 2 It was suggested to Nicol that with the African Cup of Nations coming up next month, it may be that Slot is using Salah as much as he can now as he won’t be able to during the tournament in Morocco. ‘Unfortunately there’s an answer to that: What is the point?’ Nicol replied. ‘The guy is not giving you anything! ‘You could look at it the other way and say: “He’s going to be away for two or three months so we may as well try and figure something out now.

Slot did bench Salah in a 5-1 Champions League win at Eintracht Frankfurt last month, with the manager insisting afterwards that he had no concerns about his star player’s form. ‘The main thing is that he always has scored goals for Liverpool,’ Slot said in a press conference before a 3-2 loss at Brentford. ‘The last thing I worry about is Mo scoring goals again. He’s done that his entire life and I expect him to do that again in the upcoming weeks and months.’ Should Salah be asked to defend more?