
For the first time throughout his entire reign as Liverpool manager, Arne Slot has named a Premier League starting XI which doesn’t include Mohamed Salah.
The Dutch boss has been under immense pressure after overseeing nine defeats from Liverpool’s last 12 games, the club’s worst run of form in 72 years. Slot batted away suggestions that his job was under threat despite shifting the blame away from his players to take full responsibility for this ruinous sequence of results.