Pep Lijnders sends message to Mohamed Salah after miserable Liverpool display at Man City
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SportFootballLiverpool FCPep Lijnders reacted to Mohamed Salah's dreadful day as Liverpool were well beatenManchester City assistant manager Pep Lijnders believes Mohamed Salah deserves to be shown respect as he plays out the remainder of his Liverpool career.Salah, who announced last week he will leave at the end of the season, suffered a miserable afternoon as he missed a penalty and a number of other chances as the Reds were beaten 4-0 at Manchester City in their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday lunchtime.Lijnders worked with the Egyptian during his time with Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool where they swept the board of major honours.And Lijnders – who took charge of City on the touchline with Pep Guardiola serving a ban – hopes Salah will have a fitting send-off after nine years at Anfield.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page“I hope so,” he said.
He will get all that (respect).“It’s nice for all the players who were in that generation of team (to get that respect). They all deserve that.”Liverpool were the better team in the first half before capitulating by conceding four goals in 20 minutes either side of half-time as City reached an eighth successive FA Cup semi-final.And of City’s tactics, he said: “How we dealt with how they tried to put players down the sides, how we controlled that and how we were always still able to go high.“(Another semi-final) is a sign of a really consistent and quality team.
It’s a compliment to them how we have all grown together. He is a machine to work with and I like guys who train like that.“The second goal he was in sync, the way he attacks, the way he flies, the way he puts the ball into the corner, I love these old school striker goals.”Up to 70% off Liverpool kits and merchThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.