Only now, Liverpool miss Klopp

For the second time in his career, Mohamed Salah left Liverpool's leadership "stunned" when he launched attacks on the team.

Salah publicly retaliated against coach Slot - Photo: REUTERS

The first time was at the end of Jurgen Klopp's reign, in the 2023-2024 season. And most recently, after the draw with Leeds United in round 15 of the Premier League.

Salah's Ronaldo personality

The common point of both Salah "mess" is that he had to sit on the bench continuously after a period of declining performance. "The King of Egypt" is famous for his big ego, extremely high personal ambition, along with admirable determination in terms of career.

These are the characteristics that football fans more or less associate with Ronaldo. Most of the time, that personality helps the team. Thanks to his admirable determination, Salah has maintained a professional training attitude throughout his career. In the summer of 2022, Liverpool decided to sell Sadio Mane and keep Salah because of this.

What happened next proved Liverpool right all along. Mane went into a tailspin after just one year at Bayern Munich, before moving to Al Nassr and still remains empty-handed. Salah, on the other hand, has added 94 goals to his tally since the summer of 2022, out of a total of 250 for the Reds.

Salah is not exaggerating when he claims that he is Liverpool's "best attacking star of this generation". Last season, his explosive form helped Liverpool win the Premier League in an unbelievable way. They parted ways with manager Jurgen Klopp, entering the new season with almost no new players (they bought Chiesa, but the Italian midfielder was injured for most of the season). And then thanks to Salah's perseverance, Liverpool had an incredibly successful season.

Salah is dissatisfied with the head coach - Photo: REUTERS

Not easy to quell the chaos

Everything has two sides. Salah's performances last season easily made Liverpool considered a "one-man team". And indeed, this season, they collapsed when Salah declined. This was predicted, making Liverpool's leadership determined to spend money to buy many superstars to Anfield last summer, with the trio Isak - Wirtz - Ekitike costing the team nearly 400 million euros.

Things have not been smooth so far, with the new recruits themselves not playing well enough, and Salah's decline even more rapid. But the most important problem appeared after the draw with Leeds, when Salah criticized everything from coach Arne Slot to the Liverpool board for "treating the players poorly and not protecting them".

For most of the top football world, such a move would be considered a serious rebellion, especially when it comes from the team's number one star. And Liverpool are obviously no exception. A year and a half ago, they accepted the clash between Salah and Klopp as "part of life". That was when coach Klopp had determined to leave in the summer, and Salah had only 1 year left on his contract.

More importantly, Klopp is a great manager who has enough grace and authority with the players under his command. He resolved the problem with Salah very quickly. And at the end of the season, people saw the two sides exchanging sincere hugs at Klopp's farewell ceremony.

Slot is now far behind Klopp in both position, ability, and problem-solving. The Dutch strategist was the one who benefited the most when Salah exploded, bringing home the first major title in his coaching career, and now suddenly "turned against" the team's number 1 star because of Liverpool's recent poor form. And information from the British press said that veteran stars like Van Dijk were on Salah's side.

Every team has its ups and downs. But right now, Liverpool misses Jurgen Klopp, the man who can tame egos and lift the spirits of those who are down.

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HUY DANG

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