Gary Neville takes dig at Mohamed Salah after Liverpool’s title hopes suffer another blow

Gary Neville has criticised Mohamed Salah for giving the ball away on too many events, as Liverpool’s poor Premier League kind continued.

The Reds’ faint title hopes took one more blow on Sunday, once they had been thrashed 4-1 by Manchester City at Anfield.

It was Liverpool ’s third house league defeat on the spin, one thing that hadn’t occurred since 1963.

The loss leaves them 10 factors behind Premier League leaders Man Metropolis, with Jurgen Klopp’s aspect within the midst of their worst kind below the German.

“It is a place the place they’ve been invincible for thus lengthy and also you’ve simply by no means seen Liverpool something aside from optimistic right here,” he informed the Gary Neville Podcast.

“They only are actually tentative. They’re enjoying further passes, they’re not being as direct of their attacking.”

Summer season signing Thiago Alcantara has taken some criticism for not becoming in together with his new workforce, however Neville believes the fault additionally lies with the Egyptian.

Salah scored from the penalty spot in the course of the humbling defeat, however Manchester United legend Neville has additionally identified that his tendency to lose possession is not all the time serving to the workforce.

“That may level in the direction of Thiago naturally, I don’t suppose it’s simply him, it’s simply the truth that all throughout the workforce they’re being extra protected,” Neville added.

“Liverpool’s workforce over the previous three years have been breathtaking however they performed with danger on a regular basis.

“Salah…what number of instances does he give it away within the opposing half of the pitch the place he tries to beat folks?

“It’s irritating. You see the remainder of his team-mates annoyed. Mane as effectively, Firmino.

“The direct passes into them will not be there. The danger is of their recreation isn’t there. The working of their recreation isn’t there. And issues aren’t falling for them.

“They’ve had accidents. They’ve had just a few years going for it at full pelt, the unusual season that we’ve had, quite a few issues can truly simply occur directly and it simply looks like the right storm by way of what’s occurring at Liverpool.”

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