{"id":201831,"date":"2025-12-20T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/201831\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:53:06","slug":"salah-said-sorry-to-liverpool-team-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/201831\/","title":{"rendered":"Salah said sorry to Liverpool team-mates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curtis Jones said Mohamed Salah apologised to his Liverpool team-mates after criticising head coach Arne Slot and the club in an interview.<\/p>\n

Salah was removed from selection for the 1-0<\/a> Champions League win over Inter Milan last week after he said he no longer had a relationship with Slot and that he has been “thrown under the bus” following the draw away to Leeds.<\/p>\n

The Egypt international returned to the squad last weekend after talks with the manager and set up Hugo Ekitike’s second goal in the 2-0<\/a> win over Brighton having come off the bench during the first half.<\/p>\n

Salah has since departed Merseyside to join up with his national team ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations campaign.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports, Jones said: “Mo is his own man and he can say his own stuff. He apologised to us and was like, ‘If I\u2019ve affected anybody or made you feel any sort of way, I apologise\u2019. That\u2019s the man that he is.<\/p>\n

“I can only speak from me knowing Mo and how he is with us and how he acted on that. He was positive as well.<\/p>\n

“He was the exact same Mo, he had a big smile on his face and everybody was exactly the same with him. I guess it\u2019s just part of wanting to be a winner and I don\u2019t think he will be the last.<\/p>\n

“I get that there are certain ways you can go about things, but if a lad\u2019s fine to just be on the bench and he doesn\u2019t want to play and help the team, then I think that\u2019s more of an issue.<\/p>\n

“When there\u2019s been any sort of anger from us, including myself, it\u2019s always been from a good place. In the moment, it might not have come out in the right way, but it\u2019s never been to affect the team, the staff, the manager, anybody like that.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re past that now and we\u2019re gelling well as a team, playing well and starting to win games.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool are five games unbeaten since losing 4-1<\/a> at home to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League at Anfield, prompting hope a corner may have been turned in what has been a troubled season.<\/p>\n

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