Overview
- Salah said the club had "thrown him under the bus," declared he has no relationship with Arne Slot, and hinted the Brighton home game could be a farewell.
- He was benched for a third straight match and remained unused in Liverpool’s 3-3 draw at Leeds.
- Slot defended the call as a tactical choice to control the game, saying Liverpool needed different profiles such as Wataru Endo rather than extra attackers.
- Liverpool’s poor run — two wins in their last 10 league games — leaves them eighth and has intensified scrutiny on Slot and uncertainty over Salah’s short-term future.
- Slot also backed Alexander Isak’s low-touch role as typical for Premier League strikers and said Conor Bradley’s return could help restore right-side supply.