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Mohamed Salah sets unwanted career first in Carabao Cup final performance that sums up how poor Liverpool were
Mohamed Salah endured one of his most difficult afternoons in Liverpool colours during their heartbreaking Carabao Cup final loss. The Reds were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle at Wembley Stadium on Sunday as their rivals ended their 70-year trophy drought. Salah achieved an unwanted first in Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final defeatGetty The winger endured a frustrating afternoon at WembleyGetty Despite Federico Chiesa’s stoppage-time strike, goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak secured the title for the Magpies. Salah, who has scored 32 goals this season, started for Arne Slot‘s side as he looked to continue his stellar season in front of goal. However, the Egyptian struggled to get involved down the right-hand side during the 90 minutes. He even produced an unwanted career first after being unable to get on the scoresheet. Salah failed to attempt a single shot or create a chance for a teammate during the match. It is the first time in his Liverpool career that the 32-year-old has done neither when playing 90+ minutes of a game. He had registered at least one of them in each of his previous 391 appearances since signing for the club in 2017. Gary Neville was left perplexed by Salah’s lack of threat or involvement during the match. Speaking on Sky Sports’ coverage, the co-commentator admitted: “I’ve never seen Mo Salah as quiet as I have in this game. “He has had three touches, 25 minutes into this second half.” Salah put up poorer numbers than he’d ever done before for Liverpool GettyHe failed to attempt a shot on goal or create a single chance during the match[/caption] Meanwhile, Salah has now failed to score in consecutive matches, having done the same in midweek. The forward was unable to find the net in Tuesday’s Champions League exit against Paris Saint-Germain. However, he was the only Liverpool player to score during the penalty shootout. Manager Slot spoke post-match about whether his side’s struggles all over the pitch worried him. Newcastle dominated the game from start to finish and Salah, along with his teammates, failed to make an impact. Slot said: “We were outplayed in their style, yeah, that’s true. That is what you can call outplayed. “Outplayed for me is if you don’t touch the ball and they play through you every single time we tried to press them, every time you’re too late. That is for me outplayed. “But I agree if you say that they deserved to win because the game went in the way they wanted it to go. “Yes, they deserved to win, but it wasn’t like we were only running after them. We had to defend a lot of long balls [and] second balls and that’s their strength.” On the final defeat in general, Slot added: “Disappointing result, disappointing performance. “So, completely different than I felt after the Paris Saint-Germain game. Losing twice in a row is something I think we do for the first time. “It was a tough week but it was also a week where we extended our lead [in the Premier League] to 12 points from it being 10, so it wasn’t all negative. Slot admitted that his side were outplayed by Newcastle in the finalGetty “But the last two were definitely not the way we wanted it to be.” Salah, despite his poor performance on Sunday, is currently enjoying the best season of his career as he nears the end of his contract. Despite his two-match goal drought, the former Roma and Chelsea man has scored 32 goals and added 22 assists in 43 matches across all competitions. He could still extend his Liverpool stay beyond the summer, though. The deal he signed back in 2022, however, is still set to expire at the end of June. Salah will have to wait for the chance to recapture his scoring form, with Liverpool next in action against Everton on April 2.
Mohamed Salah endured one of his most difficult afternoons in Liverpool colours during their heartbreaking Carabao Cup final loss.
The Reds were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle at Wembley Stadium on Sunday as their rivals ended their 70-year trophy drought.
Despite Federico Chiesa’s stoppage-time strike, goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak secured the title for the Magpies.
Salah, who has scored 32 goals this season, started for Arne Slot‘s side as he looked to continue his stellar season in front of goal.
However, the Egyptian struggled to get involved down the right-hand side during the 90 minutes.
He even produced an unwanted career first after being unable to get on the scoresheet.
Salah failed to attempt a single shot or create a chance for a teammate during the match.
It is the first time in his Liverpool career that the 32-year-old has done neither when playing 90+ minutes of a game.
He had registered at least one of them in each of his previous 391 appearances since signing for the club in 2017.
Gary Neville was left perplexed by Salah’s lack of threat or involvement during the match.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ coverage, the co-commentator admitted: “I’ve never seen Mo Salah as quiet as I have in this game.
“He has had three touches, 25 minutes into this second half.”
Meanwhile, Salah has now failed to score in consecutive matches, having done the same in midweek.
The forward was unable to find the net in Tuesday’s Champions League exit against Paris Saint-Germain.
However, he was the only Liverpool player to score during the penalty shootout.
Manager Slot spoke post-match about whether his side’s struggles all over the pitch worried him.
Newcastle dominated the game from start to finish and Salah, along with his teammates, failed to make an impact.
Slot said: “We were outplayed in their style, yeah, that’s true. That is what you can call outplayed.
“Outplayed for me is if you don’t touch the ball and they play through you every single time we tried to press them, every time you’re too late. That is for me outplayed.
“But I agree if you say that they deserved to win because the game went in the way they wanted it to go.
“Yes, they deserved to win, but it wasn’t like we were only running after them. We had to defend a lot of long balls [and] second balls and that’s their strength.”
On the final defeat in general, Slot added: “Disappointing result, disappointing performance.
“So, completely different than I felt after the Paris Saint-Germain game. Losing twice in a row is something I think we do for the first time.
“It was a tough week but it was also a week where we extended our lead [in the Premier League] to 12 points from it being 10, so it wasn’t all negative.
“But the last two were definitely not the way we wanted it to be.”
Salah, despite his poor performance on Sunday, is currently enjoying the best season of his career as he nears the end of his contract.
Despite his two-match goal drought, the former Roma and Chelsea man has scored 32 goals and added 22 assists in 43 matches across all competitions.
He could still extend his Liverpool stay beyond the summer, though.
The deal he signed back in 2022, however, is still set to expire at the end of June.
Salah will have to wait for the chance to recapture his scoring form, with Liverpool next in action against Everton on April 2.
