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Mohamed Salah hasn’t changed – but Arne Slot may need a new Plan A

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Mohamed Salah‘s role in the Liverpool setup this season has prompted concern from supporters – and Arne Slot may need a new Plan A when it comes to the Egyptian. Arne Slot has had a lot of tools to work with since joining Liverpool, but he’s also got a lot of his calls right.



If he’s playing against a lone striker, he wants two defenders back, and if it’s a strike partnership he wants three in the last line. Chelsea are now running at Liverpool’s back line, and with six Blues up against the back four there’s nobody free to close down Caicedo.

This allows him to score a rocket, and it highlighted Chelsea‘s ability to create overloads against Liverpool’s structure. But if the duel had been won, as it often was last season, he would have been miles away from Cucurella – and free to run at Chelsea‘s centre-backs.