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Salah struggling without Trent's service at Liverpool

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This week: 🔴 Trent's absence explains Salah's dip💪 Has Arsenal's defence got even stronger?⚒️ Potter out, Nuno in at West Ham🔍 Who to keep an eye on this weekendSalah feeling Trent absenceArne Slot is on unfamiliar ground having lost back-to-back games for only the second time as Liverpool boss. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Datawrapper cookies or to allow those cookies just once.



Get instant access with no contract Premier League fixtures Download the Sky Sports App The strength of their connection on Liverpool's right was arguably the side's biggest asset, not just because of the volume of passes received by Salah from Alexander-Arnold, but the type.Sky Sports to show 215 live PL games from this seasonGot Sky? You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Datawrapper cookies or to allow those cookies just once.

But the reality is that nobody can replicate Alexander-Arnold's contribution.Szoboszlai has been the main provider of line-breaking passes to Salah this season in the 26-year-old's absence. But if Salah's struggles without Alexander-Arnold continue, it will take something very special indeed to make up the shortfall from one of the Premier League's great individual campaigns last term.Arsenal's formidable defenceWhile Liverpool's form stutters, there is a sense that title rivals Arsenal are building some momentum.