How Arne Slot handled Mohamed Salah return to steady Liverpool

Salah set up Liverpool’s second goal of the match, breaking the record for most goal contributions at a single Premier League club in the process.

His return hasn’t gone unnoticed, with pundits like Micah Richards and Alan Shearer weighing in on his performance and Slot’s decision to bring him back.

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, Richards highlighted what he felt was the most important part of Salah’s display against Brighton while also backing how Slot handled things.

He said: “I think Slot dealt with the whole situation very well. Even when he could have thrown Salah under the bus, he didn’t.”

“It was nice that he got on. And the most important thing, he looked sharp when he went on.”

Shearer added: “Don’t think he had a choice, by the way. Well, he had to. He had to come on and do well after what he said.”

Gary Lineker shares his thoughts on Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool exit

Salah has now left Liverpool to join Egypt ahead of the AFCON and could end up missing several matches, depending on how far they go in the tournament.

He’s expected back sometime in January during the transfer window, and Gary Lineker, speaking alongside Richards and Shearer, believes things are now settled ahead of his return to Merseyside.

Lineker said: “For me it looks like it’s, you know what it’s like, you’re in a relationship every now and again, you’re going to have a tiff like a lover’s tiff.

“That’s all it seems to me. Get over it. Move on. And that seems from the outside to appear to be what’s happened.”