Mohamed Salah touchline gesture speaks volumes after Liverpool defeat to Galatasaray

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Mohamed Salah covered his ears against the thunderous Galatasaray atmosphere as Liverpool endured a second consecutive defeat. Justifying his choice to bench Salah initially, Liverpool boss Arne Slot explained: "We have many games to play in the coming days, we have a big game coming up, we have to utilise our squad, and utilising doesn't always mean from the start.

In many of our games, players have impacted the game coming off the bench. He said: "It's always hard when you lose games, of course it is, but I thought the lads played well, there were positives from the whole of the game.

"I got kicked everywhere but again, I say it all the time, this is the Champions League and it is always going to be a hard game. It's their biggest game of the year I'd say and I think it showed with the fans and how the players played as well.