You always have to keep an eye on Mo Salah, regardless of the game state.
The Egyptian international previously admitted he’d taken advice from Arsene Wenger to heart regarding his ability to wait for the right moment in a game.
On that basis, Liverpool’s Champions League tie with PSG – goalless at the time of writing – would seem the perfect opportunity to continue that mantra.
All that said, you’d be hard-pressed to say Salah has been anything close to his exceptional best otherwise.
Arne Slot will certainly be grateful that Alisson Becker, at the very least, turned up to keep his side in the tie.
Mo Salah struggled to make an impact
The Liverpool winger has had, by and large, a truly phenomenal 2024/25 campaign.
52 goal contributions – 30 goals, 22 assists – have been provided in 39 appearances (across all competitions) – a hit rate you’d argue puts him firmly in contention for the next Ballon d’Or award.
With 80 minutes gone on the clock, however, Salah has done little to showcase his world-class talents against PSG.
Instead, each member of the French champions’ electric forward line – comprising of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele – have looked superior.
The stats behind Salah’s invisible PSG showing
The 32-year-old is a little fortunate to have been awarded a score as high as 6/10 given he’s yet to register a single shot against the Ligue 1 side on Wednesday.
Sofascore recorded four dribble attempts against the Parisiens – all of which Mo Salah failed to complete at Parc des Princes.
- 37 touches
- 17/19 passes completed (89%)
- 0/8 ground duels won
- Possession lost 14x
- 1 interception
Not the winger’s finest showing on the European stage. Let there be no doubts that Arne Slot will be demanding a lot more involvement from his star forward come Liverpool’s hosting of Southampton on March 8.
Not to mention the return Champions League clash with PSG at Anfield three days after!
yes PSG were admittedly all over us like a rash , but that rash failed to break our defence Allison was at his very best as was our defence at times .
slott then pulled a masterstroke off in substituting Salah for Elliot who’s first touch won the tie . Belittling Slott or the team is rather purile .
For me LFC team was flat yesterday against Psg. As LFC I was anxious that I wished for halftime because I hoped that Slot will reprimand his team and come for 2nd halftime a better team. However there was no amelioration even in 2ndhalf. The only improvement was in defence.The team was passive and reactive. Hopefully tactical changes will help in the return match and Enfield horrible atmosphere will do the trick as well.
You have to face reality. They had superior players. Ruiz was dictating the game. The Georgian fella was immense. They took both of those two off and brought on a lad, Doue, who looked even better. The only player they had who was poor was the keeper. One shot on target and he let it in.
Too many wayward passes by virtually everyone didn’t help, 76% pass accuracy says it all. They passed their way around Gravenberch as though he wasn’t there. A lot of wrong decisions were made, probably in panic, when they got near to PSG’s goal a wrong turn, a wrong pass and the opportunity was gone.
To be hoped they improve for the second leg.