Liverpool’s trip to the London Stadium came with a shocker no one saw coming — Mohamed Salah left on the bench as the Reds fought to escape their worst run of form in seven decades 😳.
After back-to-back heavy defeats — including a painful 4-1 Champions League loss to PSV and a 3-0 setback against Nottingham Forest — the pressure on Arne Slot was reaching boiling point. And with four games squeezed into just ten days, the Dutch manager made bold, eyebrow-raising changes for the must-win clash vs West Ham.
Slot pushed Joe Gomez back into the right-back role, shifted the in-form Dominik Szoboszlai out wide, and restored £125m forward Alexander Isak to lead the attack — with Florian Wirtz supporting from the No.10 position. 🔥
But those adjustments came with one massive consequence…
Mo Salah — Liverpool’s long-standing talisman — was left out of the starting XI.
When questioned, Slot simply said:
> “We’re playing four games in ten days. I have more than 11 good players… It’s not the first time someone like Mo, Isak, Wirtz or Ekitike starts from the bench.”
In other words — rotation, not punishment… at least publicly.
The gamble paid off. Liverpool ended their miserable run with a 2-0 victory, Isak scoring his first Premier League goal before Cody Gakpo sealed it late on. 🎯🔥
Meanwhile, Salah watched from the sidelines — a rare sight for a man who fired Liverpool to the title last season but has only managed 4 goals and 2 assists so far this campaign.
And with AFCON around the corner — plus Egypt requesting an early release — Salah’s availability is set to cause even more drama in the coming weeks… 👀🇪🇬
More twists loading… stay tuned. 😮💨✨
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