Liverpool manager Arne Slot explains why he dropped Mohamed Salah before stunning outburst

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“More and more with the game plans against us, I’m not speaking only about the long ball, teams do that against us a lot, I’ve tried to find solutions, that’s my job.“I do many things, we looked vulnerable against Forest and PSV, I tried to play with an extra midfielder, against West Ham, when we won the game, then against Sunderland. “At half-time I brought him in, then against Leeds, a 5-3-2, I played a 4-4-2 diamond, Szoboszlai off the right, Gakpo off the left, Wirtz in between, I could have played Mo off the right.

I have no clue [if he has played his last game for Liverpool]. It’s not the way I feel, but he has the right to feel how he feels things, I haven’t felt that for sure on Saturday evening.

I didn’t play him anymore.“Usually, the players don’t like the manager much, but he was very respectful to the coaches and teammates, so it was a surprise to me that he gave the comments that he gave, but it’s not the first or last time that a player doesn’t play.(Tim Markland/PA Wire)“I’m not sure if he was emotional or not, but he said something similar to what he did. We are sitting here on an evening before a big game, a big fixture for us, Inter Milan, there is only 36 hours from conceding the 3-3 against Leeds, and you can consider, I’ve tried to prepare my team in the best way possible, I thought about tomorrow, we decided what I said, not to take him to the game, but after tomorrow we’ll look at the situation again.”