Saying Mo doesn't press isn't having a go at him.
It is.
He's responsible for their LB.
Mo doesn't even attempt to make blocks, never mind tackles.
The nearest he's ever got to defending was wearing a "never give up" t-shirt.
Until he's made his first tackle for the club, he should be forced to carry a handbag while he's playing.
I don't see why Trent should have to spend his LFC career trying to defend 2 players on his own just cos Salah is too scared to get involved.
We are defensively weak down our right side and every single manager in the league has worked out that they can send their left back up to join their forwards cos Salah isn't going to do anything more defensive than jog back and do a few Saturday Night Fever dance moves. Yes if Henderson is fit he doesn't mind doing what Keita's agent called the 'scavenger' role from midfield, offering Trent protection on the right flank, but Henderson's not fit and why should a player with the sumptuous skills of Thiago have to be Salah's bi*ch, doing all his running for him?
I don't remember the likes of Keegan, Rushie, Beardsley, Bellamy and Kuyt standing around going "Sorry lads, I'm a striker, I'm far too important to be running all the way back there".
Luke Shaw will be rubbing his hands in glee at the prospect of leaving Salah trailing 20 yards in his wake tonight. It'll be half an hour before the energy from scoffing a dozen pre-match pizzas runs out. Let's hope the damage hasn't already been done and we're still in the game.
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