Slot hails Salah mentality after Liverpool penalty miss
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Updated / Thursday, 19 Mar 2026 00:00 Liverpool's Mo Salah is greeted after being substituted against Galatasaray by manager Arne Slot, left, and assistant coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst Liverpool head coach Arne Slot praised the mentality of Mohamed Salah after the forward responded to missing a penalty with an inspired second-half performance in the 4-0 Champions League win over Galatasaray. He then produced a trademark goal, cutting in from the right to curl home left-footed to become the first African player to score 50 Champions League goals as Liverpool comfortably over-turned a 1-0 first-leg deficit. ⚽ GOAL Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1) After a first-half penalty miss, Mo Salah finally claims his 50th Champions League goal in spectacular fashion 📺Watch live on @rte2 and @RTEplayer 📱Updates - https://t.co/C9bp0HMldb pic.twitter.com/jQxLovfVvC — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) March 18, 2026 Salah finished with a personal xG (expected goals) of 2.42.
"It says a lot about him that after you miss a penalty just before half-time as that can sometimes be hard for an individual or for a team," said Slot. PENALTY MISS Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray (agg 1-1) Mo Salah fails to convert from the penalty spot as Ugurcan Cakır saves with his legs 📺Watch live on @rte2 and @RTEplayer 📱Updates - https://t.co/C9bp0HMldb pic.twitter.com/vHfo9ZFYqg — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) March 18, 2026 "We have had a lot of setbacks this season, a lot of first halves or second halves where we have created chance after chance after chance without doing justice to how we have performed – so not scoring.
"And then Mo and the team came out in the second half the way they did; he assisted Hugo, a great assist, and then scored a trademark goal that he has scored so many times in this stadium and for this club, cutting inside, finding the corner. "So that tells you a lot about his mental strength but definitely also of the team, because adversity is something we can definitely talk about in this season.