Stan Collymore, a former striker and analyst for Liverpool, has criticized the team’s forward, Mohamed Salah, claiming the Egyptian has “tricked himself” into thinking he has the same “untouchable status” as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Following the Reds’ 3-3 draw with Leeds United over the weekend, the Egyptian forward was given an explosive post-match interview. Arne Slot, the manager, is now benching Salah. The forward has started off the bench in the previous three games. The player is really irritated since he hasn’t been called upon in the last two games.Salah told reporters that the team he has given his all for has abandoned him. Despite Salah’s enormous accomplishments at Anfield, Collymore contended that he cannot compare himself to players like Messi and Ronaldo. He said on X, “If you ask 99.9% of players if they’d accept two or three games on the bench for not hitting levels, all will say yes.”The cult of personalities would only question a reasonable conclusion of “you’re not playing well, here’s a spell on the bench” in the madness of 2025 modern football. However, Mo may have nearly deceived himself into becoming the untouchable status of Messi or Ronaldo, players who, if they so desired, could literally do and say as they pleased in the last ten years. “Mo isn’t them, and Liverpool isn’t that club either, as I mentioned.” Mohamed Salah has only scored five goals in 19 games this season, which is rare.
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