{"id":179236,"date":"2025-12-07T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179236\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:52:09","slug":"mohamed-salah-calls-out-jamie-carragher-in-explosive-liverpool-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179236\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah calls out Jamie Carragher in explosive Liverpool interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah took aim at Jamie Carragher in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-slot-b2879481.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an extraordinary rant<\/a> where he opened the door to an imminent Liverpool exit.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old was benched for a third consecutive outing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/liverpool-leeds-result-score-report-b2879467.html\" title=\"Arne Slot\u2019s Liverpool misery deepens as Ao Tanaka delivers again for spirited Leeds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool\u2019s 3-3 draw at Leeds<\/a>, prompting him to approach the media after the game and go on a tirade against the club.<\/p>\n<p>Salah claimed Liverpool have thrown him \u201cunder the bus\u201d by saying he has been made a scapegoat, before revealing he doesn\u2019t have a relationship with manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/arne-slot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Slot<\/a> any more and accusing the club of breaking their promises to him.<\/p>\n<p>But as well as lambasting the club\u2019s hierarchy, Salah namedropped Reds legend-turned-pundit Carragher, with whom he has long had a love-hate relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher has been one to criticise Salah in the recent past and after this explosive interview, the Egyptian can already see the retort that\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter what I have done for the club it really hurts,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can imagine, really. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter going from home to the club and you don\u2019t know if you are starting. I know the club too well, I have been here many years. Tomorrow Carragher is going to go for me again and again and that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Premier-League-Leeds-United-v-Liverpool-p91tubg8.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah arrives at Elland Road\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah arrives at Elland Road (Action Images via Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>Salah is the third highest scorer in Liverpool\u2019s history with 250 goals, but was omitted after they lost six of their previous seven league games. He had never previously been left out for two consecutive matches before sitting out the last three, and he was an unused substitute in two of them.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian, who signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/mohamed-salah-new-contract-analysis-liverpool-arne-slot-b2731725.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a lucrative two-year contract<\/a> in April, has only managed five goals in all competitions this term, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/liverpool-latest-news-salah-van-dijk-carragher-b2873535.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carragher to claim his \u201clegs were gone\u201d last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t like criticising them on the pitch, because they&#8217;re absolutely legendary what they&#8217;ve done, and the legs have just gone, especially with Salah,\u201d Carragher said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/70233610034e900b7908d851be8379a8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYyMzg2MTUy-2.81606037.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jamie Carragher has been critical of Salah\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher has been critical of Salah (PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p>Salah was enraged that the narrative has turned against him, insisting he does not know what he has done to lose his place in the team.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cHow I see it now is like you throw Mo under the bus because he is the problem in the team now. But I don&#8217;t think I am the problem. I have done so much for this club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe respect, I want to get. I don&#8217;t have to go every day fighting for my position because I earned it. I am not bigger than anyone but I earned my position. It&#8217;s football. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salah equalled a Premier League record last season by contributing to 47 goals, scoring 29 and assisting 18, but lost his place in November.<\/p>\n<p>He has cast doubt on his future by saying he will wave goodbye to Liverpool fans against Brighton next week \u2013 and that he is not sure what will happen after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/afcon-2025-fixtures-schedule-dates-start-times-b2869998.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the African Cup of Nations.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-179236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}