Mohamed Salah was once again wasteful in front of goal as Liverpool were beaten by Man Utd – and Jamie Carragher has sent a clear message to Arne Slot
21:39, 19 Oct 2025Updated 22:27, 19 Oct 2025
Jamie Carragher has sent a clear message about Mohamed Salah to Arne Slot
Jamie Carragher has called on Arne Slot to drop Mohamed Salah for Liverpool’s next two games. The Reds’ poor form continued on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Anfield.
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring after just 63 seconds before Cody Gakpo drew the Reds level when he scored from close-range 12 minutes from time. But Harry Maguire secured United a first win at Anfield since 2016 when he headed home a Bruno Fernandes ball into the box six minutes from time.
And Salah was once again wasteful in front of goal, missing two big chances. It is also now seven Premier League games without a non-penalty goal for the forward, his longest such run since moving to Anfield.
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And Carragher believes Slot should drop Salah for the upcoming Champions League clash against Eintracht Frankfurt and next Saturday’s Premier League match game away to Brentford.
“I think we’re at that stage now where Mo Salah shouldn’t be a guaranteed starter every week,” he told The Gary Neville Podcast. “I do think this is a real conundrum for the manager going forward.”
Then, in the Sky Sports studio, he said: “I don’t think Salah should be like a Virgil van Dijk where it’s like ‘first name on the teamsheet’.
“Liverpool have got two away games – in the Champions League at Frankfurt and then they go to Brentford. I don’t think Salah should start both of those games.
“He should always start at Anfield because Liverpool will be on top, around the edge of the box and more often than not he scores in those situations today.
“But I do think in the away games and helping your full-back, I don’t think Salah should be starting every game right now, certainly away from home, with the form he’s in.”
Mohamed Salah misses a chance against Manchester United – and Jamie Carragher believes he should start Liverpool’s next two games on the bench(Image: (Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images))
Asked if Salah would be okay with not playing, Carragher replied: “Would he be OK with that? Probably not.
“But when you get to a certain age you have to understand that, especially when you’re not playing well, where’s your argument?
“It’s different if you’re banging in the goals and your manager makes a tactical decision and you’re frustrated.
“I don’t think Mo Salah’s in any position to complain if he was left out of one of the next two away games.”
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