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What the French media said about Mohamed Salah’s ‘ghostly’ performance vs PSG as Liverpool forward loses possession 16 times

Jamie Brown

Thu 6 March 2025 8:35, UK

Mohamed Salah had a tough evening at the Parc des Princes as the forward struggled to make an impact in Liverpool’s snatch and grab 1-0 win over PSG.

Arne Slot’s team somehow left Paris with a win as, despite the hosts domina🌟ting procౠeedings, Harvey Elliot netted the only goal of the game.

🍷Ellito replaced Salah with just four min𝄹utes of normal time remaining and the youngster managed to produce the decisive moment in the match.

Liverpool had 25 fewer attempts at goal than PSG, wi🤪th S🐬alah having a quiet evening, and the French media have reacted to his display in the capital.

What’s been said about Mohamed Salah’s tough evening at Parc des Princes

Mohamed Salah endured a tricky game at the Parc des Princes as the forward was deemed to be a ‘phantom’ and ‘ghostly’ by the French 🎃media.

The Egyptian managed to lꦇose possession on 16 occasions, lost eight of his eight duels and failed to complete a single dribble against the French champions.

 rated him a 2/10 📖and wrote: “Saꦯlah, touted as the current favourite for the Ballon d’Or, was a phantom.

“The Egyptian was uninvolved for large periods, comfortably shackled 🌊by Mendes and Pacho. He didn’t make any of hi🐼s three dribbles, lost all eight of his duels and lost possession on 16 occasions.”

were a fair bit more gene❀rous and scored him a 7.0/10, meanwhile, gave him 2.5/10: “The Egyptian was ghostly, touching very fe✃w balls in the Parisian camp.

“On each of his rare accelerations, Salah was devoured by Nuno Mendes, in a duel w♔here the Portuguese full-back was p♓romised hell.

“In the second half, the former Chelsea and Roma player had the chances, but never made the right decision with the ball at his feet, nipping in the bud the rare opportunities of the English, like in the last minutes when his pass to Nunez was too♒ imprecise.”

The French media react to Alisson Becker’s performance vs PSG

But for Alisson Becker, he produced one of the best performances of his career as he made nine crucial saves as Liverpool ‘robbed’ a result from PSG.

After the game, Arne Slot admitted that he has never worked with a goalkee𝓀per like Alisson, meanwhile, S🀅tephen Warnock described Alisson as “exceptional” against PSG.

The French media🅠🅷 were also singing the 32-year-old’s praises as handed him a 9/10: “Clearly the man of the match and the one who provided the game-defining performance.

“The Brazilian made nine saves on the night and succeeded in frustrating the PSG forward line, notably denying🤪 Dembélé in a one-on-one and making two important saves in the second half.

8.8 was awarded to him by and wrote ‘read above’ for his match rep𝕴ort with most of PSG’s attackers having efforts denied by the Brazilian goalkeeper.