Mo Salah gets another earful as Wayne Rooney backed up for calling out Liverpool star

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Ex-Liverpool star Danny Murphy has now echoed such sentiments amid the Reds' recent loss of form, insisting that Salah needs to offer more defensively to help out his team-mates end their mini-blip.READ MORE: Liverpool warned over £87m transfer for Mohamed Salah successor - 'We can imagine'READ MORE: Ibrahima Konate agreement reached as Liverpool sent clear Real Madrid warning"An issue for anyone playing at right back for the club that is the cover we used to have on that side of the pitch, which last season was Gravenberch, and it hasn't been the same," he said to Aceodds. "Liverpool haven't adapted as well when teams get out to our left hand side which was highlighted in the Chelsea game."It was an obvious ploy from Chelsea and any full-back Liverpool use will need help when up against high quality wingers."If you're going to allow Salah that freedom to not track back, which I understand to a degree, because when you win the ball you've got him on transition in attack who happens to be the best goalscorer Liverpool have, then the midfield has to be quicker at adapting and getting out to the full back area."Too many times in the last week on the right side, then the right-back has been isolated.

It's something that needs work on the training ground."Or we tell Salah that he's got to do his defending to get the balance right and be harder to beat. It's not like he's incapable of doing the running."At the moment, with United next up, I would be saying to him he's got to do his work and help Liverpool be a bit harder to beat.

They've shown they can do it against Arsenal, for example."Following Chelsea's win over Liverpool, Marc Cucurella revealed that the Blues had deliberately targeted Salah, with their stoppage-time winner ultimately coming down the Reds' right-hand side."We know that Salah is always ready for the counter-attack so we practiced that and the manager said that the space might be there [on the right side of Liverpool]," the Spaniard told Sky Sports. It's not only about goals, it's also about creating chances and just making a difference for the team."Salah enjoyed an astonishing season for Liverpool in 2024/2025, returning 34 goals and 23 assists from his 52 appearances in all competitions as he helped fire the Reds to Premier League glory.