{"id":333417,"date":"2025-12-09T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333417\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:01:07","slug":"salah-left-out-at-san-siro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333417\/","title":{"rendered":"Salah Left Out at San Siro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool have an almighty Champions League challenge on the horizon and they\u2019ll voluntarily be without the man responsible for facilitating so much success on such occasions over the years. <\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah\u2019s explosive comments<\/a> after Saturday\u2019s 3\u20133 draw with Leeds United have resulted in the Egyptian staying at home while the Reds travel to Milan on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n

Arne Slot has opted to veer away from total reliance on Salah in recent weeks, with the all-time Liverpool<\/a> great playing just 45 minutes over the Reds\u2019 previous three outings. The results have hardly been convincing, but Slot has at least stopped the rot. <\/p>\n

Now, they\u2019re heading to the home of last season\u2019s Champions League finalists hoping to secure an unlikely triumph. Here\u2019s the team Slot could pick in Salah\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n

HENRY WINTER. Winter Salah Slot. Liverpool Must Now Do What\u2019s Necessary in Salah, Slot Debacle. dark<\/p>\n

\"Hugo<\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 scored twice in Saturday\u2019s 3\u20133 draw. \/ Alex Livesey\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

GK: Alisson\u2014If Liverpool are to claim what would be a surprise victory in Milan, they may well require a vintage Alisson display.<\/p>\n

RB: Conor Bradley\u2014Bradley returned from injury at the weekend, and his comfort in advanced areas means the dynamic down the right should be smoother in Salah\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n

CB: Joe Gomez\u2014The calamitous Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 has to come out of the XI, with the Frenchman costing his team again on Saturday night. Gomez is an able replacement. <\/p>\n

CB: Virgil van Dijk\u2014Konat\u00e9\u2019s instability hasn\u2019t helped Van Dijk, who\u2019s also having a poor season. Inter will seek to take advantage of the Dutchman\u2019s demise. <\/p>\n

LB: Milos Kerkez\u2014Slot\u2019s getting close to nothing from his two left backs this term, so it doesn\u2019t really matter what direction he goes in on Tuesday night. Come home, Kostas Tsimikas!<\/p>\n

CM: Ryan Gravenberch\u2014The lynchpin of Liverpool\u2019s team makes it by default. Positional discipline in midfield is key against an Inter side that rotates so freely and often empties central areas to open up passing lanes into their frontmen. <\/p>\n

CM: Curtis Jones\u2014Jones deserves to keep his place over Alexis Mac Allister, who could be physically overwhelmed in Milan. Jones, while no athletic phenom, will at least help Liverpool resist pressure and get them upfield. <\/p>\n

RW: Dominik Szoboszlai\u2014It was a stodgy connection with Gomez, but Bradley\u2019s return should aid Szoboszlai in this role. The Hungarian scored Liverpool\u2019s third at the weekend. <\/p>\n

AM: Florian Wirtz\u2014The glimpses of Wirtz\u2019s magic are starting to become more frequent, and the German has generally looked more comfortable in this competition compared to the Premier League in Liverpool red. <\/p>\n

LW: Hugo Ekitik\u00e9\u2014Slot rarely operates without Cody Gakpo, but it\u2019s time for the Dutchman to sit out. Instead, Ekitik\u00e9 could function in a fluid role down the left that\u2019d allow him to work closely with Liverpool\u2019s frontman. <\/p>\n

ST: Alexander Isak\u2014Isak appeared off the bench on Saturday while Ekitik\u00e9 scored twice. We\u2019ve rarely seen them work together this season, but this could be a game for it.<\/p>\n

\"Liverpool\"<\/p>\n

No Salah but Isak returns to Slot\u2019s XI. \/ FotMo<\/p>\n

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