Slot hints he’ll bench Mo Salah vs Sunderland after West Ham win

Arne Slot hinted he might preserve Mo Salah on the bench for when Liverpool face Sunderland subsequent week.

The Merseysiders will tackle Regis Le Bris’ in-form Black Cats within the Premier League subsequent Wednesday.

The Reds will probably be hoping to safe back-to-back wins within the English top-flight for the primary time since September (after beating Burnley and Everton).

Mo Salah may very well be benched in opposition to Sunderland

Talking after Liverpool returned to profitable methods in opposition to Nuno Espirito Santo’s West Ham, Arne Slot hinted that Salah might not immediately return to the starting-XI.

“We play lots of video games. In 10 days we performed 4. These gamers are such high quality gamers,” the 47-year-old advised BBC MOTD (through BBC Sport).

“Mo has been so essential for the membership and will probably be so essential for the membership so let’s see what occurs on Wednesday [against Sunderland].”

Which may appear a little bit of a surprising potential name after having already dropped the Egyptian to the bench for the 2-0 win over the Hammers.

However finally, it’s price noting that the quantity 11’s absence didn’t finally hurt our skill to win the conflict in query.

Gamers like Florian Wirtz managed to search out house, and the crew finally created greater than sufficient probabilities to justify the top consequence.

Liverpool’s stats vs West Ham

1.26 xG

5 photographs on course

3 massive probabilities created

2 massive probabilities missed

20 touches in opposition field

* Liverpool’s stats in opposition to West Ham within the Premier League (Fotmob)

Arne Slot might make uncommon Liverpool choice name

Not seeing Mo Salah’s title on the teamsheet throughout consecutive aggressive video games is virtually unprecedented.

The final time the previous Roma winger didn’t begin two back-to-back Premier League video games was again within the 2023/24 season. However that wasn’t a daring name from then-manager Jurgen Klopp; the 33-year-old was sidelined with a muscle damage!

To be clear, we don’t assume the important thing to Liverpool’s victory on the London Stadium was right down to dropping our talismanic proper winger.

We wouldn’t essentially be against seeing Salah restored to the beginning lineup come Sunderland’s go to.

Nonetheless, in what has been a largely disappointing 2025/26 marketing campaign, with query marks over Slot’s future, we’re open to some daring calls to remind the squad that they’re taking part in for the Dutchman.

Choice calls don’t get a lot bolder than dropping the modern-day Liverpool nice!

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