The Liverpool legend defends Mohamed Salah's decline in the English Premier League

Amid a continuous attack on the top scorer in the English Premier League and the Liverpool team, Mohamed Salah, during the current season due to the decline in his level and scoring rate, some voices came out to defend the Egyptian player, who became the most expensive player in Liverpool’s history after renewing his contract before the start of the current season, and among them came the former Liverpool star Jimmy. Carragher, who defended the player and the team completely after five or six years of brilliance.

“You have a team that has been at the top for five or six years and may have come out a little bit in terms of strength and this is what the team was built on, strength is the identity of that team, there are many factors that led To the decline, including the exposure to injuries, in addition to the decline in the level of three or four players from the team’s stars, and this is normal.”

Mohamed Salah scored only two goals in the English Premier League after playing 6 matches, and scored a goal in the Champions League, which is the lowest scoring rate for a player in the past five years. Liverpool also has 9 points, after winning two games, drawing in three and losing a meeting, while it was postponed. Matches against Wolverhampton and Chelsea.

And Carragher added: “Maybe Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, maybe Fabinho in the midfield, Mohamed Salah. They are only human, we were all in that situation as players."

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