Liverpool star backs Mohamed Salah's bombshell statement as another pointed message sent
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SportFootballLiverpool FCMohamed Salah released a bomshell statement on Saturday afternoon in which he said that Liverpool must rediscover their identity to become feared againCurtis Jones has appeared to agree with Mohamed Salah’s point that Liverpool need to go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear.Salah dropped a bombshell statement on Saturday afternoon in which he claimed the Reds need to 'recover their identity' and described his side's form as 'crumbling' and 'very painful' to watch. The post on both X and Instagram came less than 24 hours after Liverpool suffered yet another defeat in the Premier League.The 4-2 loss at Villa Park was Liverpool’s 19th of the campaign, and their hopes of playing in next season’s Champions League remain in the balance.
And Jones simply responded with a clapping emoji in the comments section of Salah’s post on Instagram.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah releases bombshell statement and wants Liverpool to bring back Jurgen Klopp traitREAD MORE: Man City reliance sees Liverpool's dreadful season hit new low as critical week arrivesTaking to X himself, Jones also wrote: “Thank you for your continued support in a disappointing season. It’s way off the standards expected at this football club.”Liverpool's first league loss to Villa since October 2020 was their 12th Premier League defeat of the season.The Reds have also conceded 51 times so far this season, which is the most they have ever conceded in a 38-game Premier League season, and Slot knows it is up to him to turn things around.He said: "I can understand that at this moment in time [the fans] don't have a lot of confidence or a lot of feeling that things can be much better next season but I think then they are underestimating what a [transfer] window can do, what a new start can do."I think we know quite well what to improve.
One of the things we have to improve is very, very obvious and I would have preferred not to talk about it here but you're actually almost forcing me to.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page"If you miss nine players that can start a game of football and almost all of them are starters for us, or have been for large parts of the season, then if you add that to what you can improve in a window and add that to players that are playing for the second season in the Premier League -- and I think we saw that the adaptation for a few of them took some time, that will automatically lead to much more."My opinion - and nobody has to agree with me - is that, even today, for large parts of the game we were close to a result but when you are the better team, you need to generate more chances and score them and we cannot concede as many set pieces as we have conceded this season."I don't think the difference is so big, only doing the right thing in a few situations can have a massive upwards possibility."Choose Liverpool Echo as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Curtis JonesLiverpool FCMohamed Salah