5/10 star should not be an everyday starter for Slot’s Liverpool

Up stepped Mohamed Salah. the story. He ripped house a penalty and off he waltzed into the South Coast evening, tearing the shirt from which he wore and throwing it on the bottom to cap off one more Liverpool win.

It was a Salah rescue act. This was not Arne Slot’s most interesting sport as Reds boss, removed from it, however the Anfield outfit prevailed on their travels after an almighty scare from lowly Southampton.

Russell Martin’s aspect presently occupy the underside spot within the Premier League and from the best way they gifted Liverpool three early Christmas presents, it was clear to see why.

Alex McCarthy’s error for the opener scored by Dominik Szoboszlai was inexcusable, placing his teammates underneath strain inside their very own penalty field. He was unusually out of place for Salah’s first after which might do nothing for the Egyptian’s second as he slammed house a penalty.

Alas, Southampton have been a product of their very own downfall. They led 2-1 at one level however could not maintain on amid a plague of errors from the hosts.

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It has been a troubling marketing campaign for Szoboszlai to date. He had not scored within the Premier League since January when he was gifted a chance that he couldn’t go up at St Mary’s.

Absolutely he wasn’t going to overlook this opportunity? Certainly, he didn’t. The Hungarian has been out and in of the aspect underneath Slot however this was maybe his most interesting afternoon of the marketing campaign.

Curling house on his weaker left foot, regardless of the dismal error from Flynn Downes and goalkeeper McCarthy, it was nonetheless a advantageous end.

Away from that aim, the attacking midfielder laid on three key passes and gained a game-high six duels all through the match.

That mentioned, Salah was the true star of the present. When is he not? He has already bagged ten targets in 12 league outings this time period with six of these coming in his final outings alone.

He wasn’t at his free-flowing greatest within the first half however got here alive when it mattered to ship the Reds eight factors away from second place Manchester Metropolis.

Nonetheless, regardless of that, a couple of figures in Slot’s aspect haven’t fairly been on the races. That features a Jurgen Klopp stalwart within the form of Andy Robertson.

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Underneath Klopp, the Scottish full-back was near-everpresent. He was a colossal determine, a frontrunner of males, an influential full-back who shortly turned one in all, if not the very best left-back within the Premier League.

For the German boss, Robertson contributed 65 assists in 297 appearances however he’s but to register a single aim involvement since Slot arrived over the summer season.

It isn’t by a scarcity of making an attempt. In any case, the 30-year-old managed 5 key passes on Sunday night. Offensively he’s not often an issue however on the again, he’s changing into a difficulty.

It was the Scot who was at fault for Southampton’s route again into the sport. Tyler Dibling broke ahead and was too scorching to deal with for the defender who dove in and conceded a penalty.

Whether or not or not the primary contact was initially outdoors of the field, it was a careless problem from a participant who has develop into “unhappy to observe” within the phrases of 1 Reds content material creator.

Additional handed a 5/10 match ranking by GOAL’s Tom Maston, the reporter famous that he ‘nonetheless does not look the participant he as soon as was.’

That is an extremely correct depiction and one Slot has realised at instances this season. Kostas Tsimikas, so typically a participant who not often noticed many minutes, has already began 5 instances in 2024/25, with three of these begins coming within the Champions League.

The Greek is changing into extra dependable whereas his positional peer turns into all of the extra unreliable. It is easy, Robertson ought to not be an everyday starter for Liverpool.

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