Arne Sot is not worried at all about the shape of Mohamed Salah after he found it as if the assistant had found the fourth game.
Liverpool succumbed to a surprise 3-2 defeat against Fulham on Sunday, although their lead at the top of the Premier League is at 11 points.
The Reds took the lead in Craven Cottage, with Ryan Gravenberch Alexis Mac Allister set up in the 13th minute, but a litany of defensive errors saw Fulham scoring three goals within 14 minutes in the first half.
Ryan Sessegnon, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz were when the defense of Liverpool crumbled, with Luis Diaz's 72nd minute goal was not enough to inspire a comeback.
Salah, who has been the driving force behind Liverpool's title costs, failed to make an impact. He has not delivered any target contribution in four competitions in all competitions, after he has only created four chances in those games.
But Slot stated that the small dive of Salah in shape does not have to make anything.
“His figures were not normal [when he was scoring]. Now he did not score in four games, “he told BBC Sport.
“But the good thing about Mo is that he does not play a good game, and he can still score a goal.
“I don't think he's now in a place where he can no longer score goals.
“He knows what kind of player he is, we have to bring him as much as possible as we can in those positions. Mo will show up again, I am not worried about that at all.”
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Prior to this dry run, Salah is in flawless form almost the entire season.
The Talisman of Liverpool is on 27 top goals, nine away from Matching Erling Haaland (36 goals in 2022-23) with the most Premier League goals in one season.
He has also provided 17 assists, which means that he has added 44 target contributions. This places him only three goals and helps match the Premier League record for target contributions in one season (47, held jointly by Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole).
The 32-year-old has been in electric goals this season and leads Liverpool with 16 goals on the road that brings him level with Kevin Phillips (1999-00) and Harry Kane (2022-23) for the most road goals in a single Premier League campaign.
Salah has also chipped with 11 road assists and is only one to become the player with most assists in Way games in one season.
But against Fulham he only had one shot – a big chance from which he tanned the ball over the bar from the box.
He had three accents in the penalty area of Fulham and produced a match-high individual XG of 0.29.
Liverpool hosted Ham in Anfield before he goes to Leicester – two games in which Salah would have to imagine to return to his best.
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