John Aldridge has criticised Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in The Sunday World for his performance against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.
The former Liverpool player believes that Salah lacked passion against Bournemouth.
The pundit has said that the Egyptian’s body language is not right and is disappointed that he could not help Liverpool to a win against the Cherries.
Salah was superb for Liverpool in their 7-0 hammering of Manchester United at Anfield in the Premier League last weekend.
The forward could not convert a penalty against Bournemouth.
Liverpool lost the Premier League game 1-0.
John Aldridge on Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah
Aldridge wrote: “In the last few seasons, Klopp’s team had too much pace, power and desire for these relegation battlers to handle.
“Yet all that has changed – and I look at Mohamed Salah’s body language, and something isn’t right.
“After his goals against United last Sunday, I was looking to Salah to lead the team for the rest of the season and starring banging in two or three goals a week consistently.
“We all know how good Salah has been and still is, but he was dreadful yesterday and won’t need me to tell him that.
“Take his missed penalty out of the equation and he turned in a display that lacked passion – and I hate to write negative things about a player who is an all-time Liverpool great.
“There may be a debate over whether selling Salah this summer and using that money to reinvest in the team may be an option, but that idea can wait until the end of the season.
“Between now and then, Salah has to lead Liverpool as the senior striker – and he simply didn’t do that at Bournemouth.”
Staying positive
In our view, Liverpool fans should stay positive about Mohamed Salah.
Yes, Salah had a poor game against Bournemouth, but so did the rest of the Liverpool players.
The former Chelsea attacker was arguably the best player in Liverpool’s win against Manchester United last weekend.
No one was noticing anything wrong with his body language then.
Liverpool as a team have not been great throughout the season.
And shock results like the defeat to Bournemouth do happen.
We do not think that Liverpool fans should panic and should have faith in manager Jurgen Klopp and the players.
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