Arne Slot has explained why he chose to drop Mohamed Salah to the bench for Liverpool’s win at West Ham as injury fears were also allayed over Milos Kerkez.
Liverpool stalwart Salah - who had been subject to strong criticism during a dire run of nine defeats in 12 games across all competitions - did not play a single minute of a vital 2-0 Premier League victory for the Reds at the London Stadium on Sunday, joining Giorgi Mamardashvili, Curtis Jones and Hugo Ekitike in making way as Florian Wirtz and Alisson Becker both returned after injury and illness respectively, along with Alexander Isak and Joe Gomez.
