As the referee's full-time whistle echoed around Old Trafford on Thursday evening to secure Manchester United's victory over Chelsea and confirm their place in next season's Champions League, Mohamed Salah didn't mince his words as he took to social media to express his disappointment at Liverpool's exclusion from the Premier League's top-four for the first time since May 2016.
"There’s absolutely no excuse for this," tweeted the Egyptian, who has contested three finals for the Reds in Europe's premier competition since his transfer from AS Roma six years ago. In one of those finals, of course, Salah fired the opening goal as Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur at the Wanda Metropolitano in June 2019 to claim their sixth European Cup.
Judging by Jurgen Klopp's comments at Friday's final pre-match press conference of the season, there appears to be no misunderstanding of Liverpool's grave failure at the AXA Training Centre with the Reds boss admitting he holds the same viewpoint as Salah.
