Jurgen Klopp believes Mohamed Salah is suffering from the inconsistencies in Liverpool’s form and the inability to forge new partnerships.
Though Salah has scored 17 goals for Liverpool this season, there is a general recognition that his levels have not been of the same standard to previous years and he has been a peripheral figure in recent Premier League fixtures.
It was the aim at the beginning of the campaign for Salah to strike an alliance with Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez but, for a number of reasons, they have been restricted to just 343 minutes on the pitch all season; Diaz has been out since last October and is not expected back until early March.