Liverpool manager Arne Slot has said “the last thing” he needs to worry about is Mohamed Salah’s form.
Salah was Liverpool’s top scorer with 29 goals last season and also contributed 18 assists as they cantered to the Premier League title.
The 33-year-old has scored just three league goals this term as Liverpool have struggled to reproduce their title-winning form after spending about £415m on attacking talent in the summer.
After four successive losses, including Sunday’s defeat by Manchester United at Anfield, Slot started Salah on the bench for their 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
“The main thing is that he always has scored goals for Liverpool,” Slot replied when asked about Salah’s form in a news conference on Friday.
“The last thing I worry about is Mo scoring goals again. He’s done that his entire life and I expect him to do that again in the upcoming weeks and months.”
Slot incorporated summer signings Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz into a revamped system in Frankfurt, but the Swede’s groin injury – sustained in the first half – could see Salah restored to the starting line-up at Brentford today.
The Egypt winger has gone seven successive Premier League matches without scoring a non-penalty goal – his longest streak since joining Liverpool in 2017.
