Why Salah has become a ‘little problem’ for Liverpool

Why Salah has become a ‘little problem’ for Liverpool

It feels like Mohamed Salah’s lack of defensive work has become a little problem for Liverpool, especially against the better teams.

I can totally understand if Reds boss Arne Slot has told Salah not to track back, because waiting high up the pitch on the right for the transition has made him one of the most potent goalscorers in the world.

But the players behind him are not covering him correctly and that has caused a lot of issues for whoever has been at right-back this season.

Whether that’s been Jeremie Frimpong, Conor Bradley or Dominik Szoboszlai, they are in trouble because they are facing a 2v1 overload down their side.

It was a real weakness on Saturday, which led to Chelsea’s winner – and the concern must be that more teams will be clever enough to do the same.

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