'salah Not Helping' - Rooney Calls For 'big' Decision

Liverpool head Arne Slot should driblet Mohamed Salah, says erstwhile Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Saturday's 3-0 location conclusion by Nottingham Forest was different crippled successful which nan Egyptian, who has scored 5 times this season, grounded to grounds a extremity aliases an assist.

"If I was Slot, I'd effort and make a large determination conscionable truthful it has an effect connected nan remainder of nan team," said Rooney successful his latest podcast episode.

"Salah is not helping them defensively.

"If you're 1 of nan players who they've signed and you're connected nan chair and you've seen him not moving - and again he's a nine fable and everything he's done for nan nine - but if you're connected nan bench, past what connection does that nonstop to you?"

The 33-year-old became nan first subordinate successful Premier League history to decorativeness a play pinch nan astir goals and assists and triumph nan subordinate of nan play grant past term.

His dazzling shape coincided pinch a successful first play successful complaint for Slot, arsenic he guided Liverpool to nan title aft succeeding Jurgen Klopp.

After a engaged summertime transportation model - including nan arrivals of Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak for a mixed outlay of £141m - nan Reds person struggled.

Liverpool beryllium 11th successful nan table, pinch 18 points from 12 games.

"They're going done a difficult time, aren't they?" added five-time Premier League victor Rooney.

"You've astir apt sewage to look astatine nan effect of what sadly happened to Jota. What effect does that person connected nan players because that's his team-mates? That surely has to person an effect.

"But past there's nary excuse for not fighting and not tackling."

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk said aft Saturday's nonaccomplishment that "everyone successful nan squad has to return responsibility" and pinch Slot's squad mustering conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 7 convention matches, nan protector of his predecessor is opening to loom complete nan Dutchman.

"I deliberation Slot's sewage a large occupation to get them backmost playing and winning," said Rooney.

"The large point is erstwhile he has a tally of results for illustration this, Klopp's sanction keeps getting brought up.

"It's a spot for illustration nan beingness pinch Sir Alex Ferguson. For instance, erstwhile David Moyes came successful [at Manchester United] and [Louis] Van Gaal, Fergie's sanction would ever get brought up.

"With Slot, Klopp keeps getting brought up. 'He's not Jurgen Klopp, he's not arsenic bully arsenic Jurgen Klopp'.

"But I deliberation nan Liverpool fans conscionable request to move distant from that and get down him."

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