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And it seems that Salah - who was surprisingly listed amongst the substitutes - had to protect his ears from the deafening crowd, reports the Liverpool Echo.READ MORE: Victor Osimhen's Liverpool comment speaks volumes after Galatasaray stun RedsREAD MORE: Giorgi Mamardashvili’s one-word comment speaks volumes after Arne Slot Liverpool warningFollowing his warm-up, he was seen returning to his position with his hands clasped over his ears, which speaks volumes about the daunting atmosphere Liverpool were required to withstand.Salah was ultimately brought on as a second-half replacement, though he couldn't rescue the match.Explaining his decision to start Salah on the bench, Liverpool manager Arne Slot said: "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."Players can come in as well. He explained: "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."In the second half they played in a low block and they are a physical team as well.
The fans were behind them for the whole night and it was a hard game but we'll go again."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."If you look at their first game, they get beat [5-1 by Eintracht Frankfurt] and if you look at it tonight, it didn't even look like we could have scored.
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