Sadio Mane feels sorry for Salah
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Arne Slot is back in front of the media on Friday morning to preview Liverpool's Premier League clash with Burnley at Anfield this weekend. The Reds boss steers his side into the meeting with the Clarets on an 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions and having enjoyed their first win of 2026 on Monday night when League One side Barnsley were dismissed 4-1 at Anfield in the FA Cup third round.
Mohamed Salah made his return for Liverpool and got an assist as Arne Slot's side beat Brighton thanks to a Hugo Ekitike double.
Ian Rush once made it clear that Mohamed Salah should only leave Liverpool once he gets dropped from the starting eleven. The Egyptian star has endured a very slow start to the 2025/26 season, given his lofty standards.
This Saturday afternoon, Liverpool hosted Brighton as part of Matchday 16 of the Premier League (2-0). While the match had started perfectly with Hugo Ekitike’s lightning-fast goal, the Reds saw Joe Gomez get injured a little before the half-hour mark.
Mohamed Salah's Liverpool row felt like "humiliation" for Egyptian fans, who are rallying behind their star man before the Africa Cup of Nations begins.
Instead, the evening belonged to his old Liverpool team-mate, Sadio Mane. Senegal and Mane have given Egypt the treatment before, beating them in the 2021 AFCON final and a 2022 World Cup play-off. Senegal controlled last night’s tie without doing much to make anybody remember a great deal about it in 20 years.
Mohamed Salah’s Anfield return against Brighton felt loaded with significance, not because of goals or headlines chasing records, but because of what followed the final whistle. As reported by Liverpool.com, the Egyptian forward lingered long after ...