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Jurgen Klopp isn’t concerned about star player’s lack of form this season

Jurgen Klopp has claimed that Mohamed Salah is a world-class player even though the Egyptian could not get a goal against Chelsea.

The former Blue got into quality positions in the final third but often shot wide or mistimed his pass. Liverpool

were trailing after a first-half goal by Eden Hazard and Salah was replaced by Xherdan Shaqiri after the hour mark.

Klopp was speaking after the game as he explained the decision to substitute the forward. The German was quoted by Liverpool Echo as saying:

“It was tactical, he was not injured.

“It was not Mo’s best game of his career, 100%.”

The German added that he wasn’t worried about the 25-year-old missing his chances and wanted Salah to continue working hard.

“But coming in a game like this, constantly in situations like he comes in, that makes a world class player. You fail, you miss, whatever, that happens. No problem with that.

“But I want him so that he wants to be decisive, to score in these situations. You could see the first ball he missed a bit it was not in the right position, and the next ball he passed! Why? He could have shot.

“It’s like riding a bike. It’s not that you wake up in the morning and you can’t finish and you can’t ride a bike any more. That’s how it is.”

The Egyptian hasn’t been at his free-flowing best since the start of the season but is slowly getting there. Salah took up a number of great positions but it just wasn’t working for him on Saturday.

Read more: Daniel Sturridge sends great message to fan celebrating with team after 1-1 Chelsea draw

Hopefully, the Egyptian will find his shooting boots soon and bang the goals in for fun.

Thomas Hein

A massive Liverpool fan with a twisted sense of humour, guess that's what supporting the Reds does to you. Left behind the corporate world to set up The Kop Times

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