I think itās fair to suggest that expectations are maybe unreasonable off the back of a fantastic record-breaking first season. I think itās also fair to say that, even in the subsequent seasons, Salah has continued to cement himself as one of the best goal scorers in Europe. As a Liverpool player, he has earned the right to have a bad game or 12.
My concerns are less about the performance levels. As the old cliche goes, āform is temporary, class is permanentā. To me though (a completely unqualified spectator albeit), he seems a little elsewhere at the moment, maybe lacking confidence Iām not sure. Especially out on that right hand side, Iām seeing less and less of him squaring up his opponent and taking him on. It happens donāt get me wrong just not often enough, especially when you consider what ManĆ© has been doing on the other side.
The things is Salah has all the attributes to absolutely tear apart any defence. I mean that little passage of play when he was holding off Koulibaly, I F***ing loved that. Absolutely world class. Scored a goal like that against Genk as well and I remember a few others like that in central positions, particularly the one against Maguire when he was at Leicester. That is his game to me, whereas you look at ManƩ who can turn on a sixpence and has that instant change of pace that allows him to beat players in wide positions.
Anyway as a fan base we probably take him for granted and I know I personally get frustrated at him sometimes but I love the guy and hope he can get his spark back soon.
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