Mohamed Salah’s smile said it all after latest Liverpool let-down - 'This isn’t his team anymore'

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The Liverpool forward's reaction said it all after he trudged off the pitch at the City Ground. Inside, this must surely be tearing him apart.Mohamed Salah’s beaming grin has so often provided the backdrop to Liverpool’s greatest triumphs over the last decade.

Nor was it typical of the Salah of old, who would have been astonished to see the no.11 flash up on the electronic screen.But after a run of nine Premier League games without a goal — Salah’s longest streak in the competition — even his greatest acolytes cannot seriously claim his role in the side should be guaranteed.Salah's smile has often lit up Anfield“This team isn’t the Mohamed Salah team anymore,” Jamie Carragher succinctly summed up before the game.No one watching Sunday’s disheartening display on the banks of the Trent could argue with that sentiment. Even more damning than Salah’s disappointing stats are his in-game mannerisms.Salah’s touch repeatedly lets him down.

Salah’s displays have frustrated for months. He may have showcased a flash of his old swagger last week against Brighton & Hove Albion — interestingly, against one of the division’s less-physical sides — but that has become the exception rather than the norm for the ex-Roma and Fiorentina man.Salah was replaced late on as Liverpool searched for a winning goalThat he was outshone by substitute Rio Ngumoha was emblematic of Liverpool’s direction of travel.