UCL: Why I didn’t play Salah in 2-0 defeat to PSG – Arne Slot

Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has explained wherefore helium near Mohamed Salah connected the seat for the full 90 minutes, arsenic they mislaid 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League.

Salah was not named successful the Reds’ starting XI for the quarter-final archetypal limb connected Wednesday night.

PSG scored successful either fractional done Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to instrumentality power of the tie.

But with Liverpool needing astatine slightest 1 goal, Salah was not brought connected astatine the Parc des Princes.

After the match, Slot claimed helium didn’t privation the Egyptian to walk the past minutes defending successful his ain box.

He said: “I deliberation successful the past portion of the game, it was much astir surviving for america than determination was ever a accidental that we could score.

“And Mo has truthful overmuch quality, but for Mo to beryllium 20, 25 minutes defending wrong his ain box, I deliberation it’s amended for him to prevention his vigor for a batch of games that are coming up successful the upcoming weeks.”

UCL: Why I didn’t play Salah successful 2-0 decision to PSG – Arne Slot