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Mohamed Salah says there is one ‘big difference’ between Arne Slot and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool
Mohamed Salah has started the Premier League campaign as strong as ever, with the Egyptian star scoring in both of Liverpool’s victories so far.
The Egyptian is famous for his bright starts to the season. A strike against Ipswich saw ღSalah become the Premier League’s leading opening-day goalscorer💝, ahead of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer.
Perhaps what’s most impressive about this season’s start is that it has come under new manager Arne Slot, who replaced Reds legend Jurgen Klopp in the summer.
Slot has silenced any concerns of a post-Klopp hangover with a perfect start to the season. Liverpool beat newly promoted Ipswich Town꧙ on the opening day, followed by a 2-0 home victory against Brentford.
🧸This start has clearly impressed Salah, who has spoken about the differences between his new coach and Klopp.
Mohamed Salah praises Arne Slot’s ‘controlled’ style of football
In an interview with ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Manchester United🍃 this Sunday, Salah spoke of how much he is enjoying the football under Slot.
🅠He said: “I enjoyed it before [under Klopp] and I am enjoying it now. We play different football now with the manager wanting to control the ball all the time. With Jurgen we’d sometimes just go and counter-press and attack in the opposition’s half.
൲“Now, we need to control the game, sometimes slowing the game down but it’s all part of the plan. It’s a big difference.”
ඣSalah continued: “The new manager [Slot] has come in and the players are all excited to give everything. I think it’s necessary to go out of your comfort zone so we’ll try to play now and give our best to the new manager as well.”
ไSlot’s biggest task this season could well be to convince Salah to commit his future to Liverpool, something the winger is keeping tight-lipped on.
What Arne Slot is doing differently to Jurgen Klopp with Mohamed Salah
🍸Salah was Liverpool’s talisman under Klopp and looks to be the same under Slot too. However, Slot is using his star winger in a slightly different way.
𒀰In both Premier League games so far this season, it seems that ‘less is more’ has been Slot’s message to Salah. Compared with Jurgen Klopp’s final match as Liverpool boss last season against Wolves, with stats revealing that Salah is taking around 50% fewer shots this season so far.
ꦑHis seven shots against Wolves garnered no goals for the Egyptian, but his four against Ipswich and three against Brentford saw Salah on the scoresheet in both games. Against Ipswich, those four shots came with eight fewer touches compared with Klopp’s final match.
꧙It seems clear therefore that Slot wants more efficiency from his main goal threat, and is happy to see him less involved in the play to achieve it.