´Mo will show up again´ – Slot unconcerned about Salah’s goalless streak

Arne Sot is not astatine each acrophobic astir Mohamed Salah’s signifier aft helium failed to find the nett oregon assistance for the 4th crippled running.

Liverpool succumbed to a astonishment 3-2 decision to Fulham connected Sunday, though their pb astatine the apical of the Premier League stands astatine 11 points.

The Reds took the pb astatine Craven Cottage, with Ryan Gravenberch mounting up Alexis Mac Allister successful the 13th minute, but a litany of antiaircraft errors saw Fulham people 3 goals wrong 14 minutes successful the archetypal half.

Ryan Sessegnon, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz netted arsenic Liverpool’s defence crumbled, with Luis Diaz’s 72nd-minute extremity not capable to animate a comeback.

Salah, who has been the driving unit down Liverpool’s rubric charge, failed to marque an interaction up top. He has present not provided a extremity publication successful 4 matches successful each competitions, having created lone 4 chances crossed those games.

But Slot insisted that Salah’s flimsy dip successful signifier is thing to interest about.

“His numbers were not mean [when helium was scoring]. Now helium hasn’t scored successful 4 games,” helium told BBC Sport.

“But the bully happening astir Mo is sometimes helium doesn’t play a bully game, and helium tin inactive people a goal.

“I don’t deliberation he’s present successful a spot wherever helium cannot people goals anymore.

“He knows what benignant of subordinate helium is, we person to bring him arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin successful those positions. Mo volition amusement up again, I don’t interest astir that astatine all.”

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 6, 2025

Prior to this adust run, Salah has been successful impeccable signifier astir passim the full season.

The Liverpool talisman is connected 27 top-flight goals, 9 distant from matching Erling Haaland (36 goals successful 2022-23) with the astir Premier League goals successful a azygous season.

He has besides provided 17 assists, meaning helium has tallied up 44 extremity contributions. This puts him conscionable 3 goals and assists distant from matching the Premier League grounds for extremity contributions successful a azygous play (47, held jointly by Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole).

The 32-year-old has been successful electrical goalscoring signifier distant from location this season, starring Liverpool with 16 goals connected the roadworthy — a tally that puts him level with Kevin Phillips (1999-00) and Harry Kane (2022-23) for the astir distant goals successful a azygous Premier League campaign.

Salah has besides chipped successful with 11 distant assists and is conscionable 1 abbreviated of becoming the subordinate with the astir assists successful distant games successful a azygous season.

But against Fulham, helium had lone 1 changeable – a large accidental from which helium blazed the shot implicit the barroom from wrong the box.

He had 3 touches successful Fulham’s punishment country and produced a match-high idiosyncratic xG of 0.29.

Liverpool big West Ham adjacent astatine Anfield earlier heading to Leicester — 2 fixtures successful which Salah should fancy himself to get backmost to his best.