Mohamed Salah appears to delete Liverpool references from social media after being benched

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Mohamed Salah appears to have removed all Liverpool-related text from both his X and Instagram bios.It comes after the forward was dropped to the bench for Wednesday’s 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.Arne Slot told to drop Mo Salah from Liverpool starting XI - excluisve fan callsSalah has failed to reach his usual heights so far this season and recently came under fire for his performances including calls for him to be benched to ‘recharge his batteries’.It aligned with Liverpool’s recent run of four defeats in a row, the last of which was inflicted by their bitter rivals Manchester United.A fresh approachHowever, Arne Slot’s men got back to winning ways, coinciding with Salah being dropped from the starting line-up.Summer signing Hugo Ekitike started in place of the Egyptian and scored Liverpool’s first goal of the night with a driving run from his own half followed by a cool finish against his former club.Read more on LiverpoolSalah did eventually make an appearance as a 74th-minute replacement for Ekitike, who did his hopes no harm with a sparkling display.But it appears that Salah is unhappy with the discourse around his performances this season judging by his recent social media activity.While the 33-year-old has stopped short of deleting all Liverpool-related pictures, his recent bio changes are particularly telling in terms of his current mood.One user wrote on X: “Mo Salah removed everything Liverpool from his instagram profile all because he was benched after the club went 4 games without a win while he was playing a terrible game… He’s 34 years old and all selfish and about himself..“He will rather see the club crumble instead of 20mins.”Another added: “Seeing Mohamed Salah removing his profile picture and layout hurts a lot.”5Salah previously had the Liverpool title parade in his profileCredit: X5Salah removed all Liverpool FC-related text from his X bio5He did the same on his Instagram accountWas Salah fuming at benching?Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor believes his reaction on the sidelines were telling.He told talkSPORT: “I could tell by body language and his face when he was coming on. If I'm reading Mo Salah's face, I'm reading someone that's saying in his head, how dare you, after all I've done for this football club, how dare you put me on the bench?

We won fine without Mo Salah.”5Mo Salah is in the midst of a poor run of form for LiverpoolCredit: GettySalah's record this seasonSalah has registered just three goals and assists in his 12 appearances this season, a far cry from his exploits in previous years.The Egyptian has registered 23 goals or more in each of his eight full seasons at Anfield.talkSPORT's Simon Jordan believes Salah has enough credit in the bank to get over his dip in form.He said: “I don't think this should be a guaranteed place for anybody, but I think there should also be a lot of currency and a lot of latitude and a lot of credit in the bank for players that are capable of changing a game but also have indicated what they're capable of doing over a long period of time. “But the fact of the matter is, I'm in the camp where I'm ambivalent about whether people should or shouldn't.“I think there is a certain place where sometimes you have to allow people to come through bad form and get into the best form that they can be in if they've lost their current form.”Prior to Wednesday’s match, ex-Liverpool ace Jamie Carragher appeared happy with Slot’s decision to bench the forward and freshen up the Reds attack.5Mohamed Salah is without a goal for Liverpool since his winner at Burnley on September 14Credit: Getty"It remains to be seen in the game, but I just think when Mo Salah isn't being 'the legendary Mo Salah', he gets treated like one of the other players which is right,” Carragher told CBS Sports."And you don't forget his age as well.

If you haven't got someone like Trent to release him when he’s free, then he looks exactly what he looks like now.Read More on talkSPORT“They’ve taken that away from him. He can’t get that early ball from Trent, and he can't go and do his thing.“When you look at him now he looks like a passenger.”