BBC pundit makes ludicrous claim about Mo Salah’s prior season that will infuriate Liverpool fans

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Garth Crooks has accused Mo Salah of selfishly pursuing goals at the cost of the total team performance last term.

The Reds suffered one of their most disappointing campaigns (particularly given that it following the title win of 2019/20) under Jurgen Klopp, just scraping into the top four courtesy of a superb late charge.

“I heard my non-selection of Mohamed Salah in my team of the year got one or two a little hot under the collar. Well, I make no apologies for that. Salah made my team of the season but crudely chased the Golden Boot award,” the former Tottenham star wrote for BBC Sport.

“His selfishness had a negative effect on Sadio Mane in particular and, in my view, had an adverse effect on Liverpool’s campaign last season – a point I made at the time.

“This season Salah looks like a team player again and his goals are coming naturally.

“He is no longer looking for cheap penalties and is back to the player he was the season Liverpool won the title, and that’s why he makes my team of the week.”

However, the common consensus until now has been that the Egyptian played an integral role in keeping the Merseysiders’ hopes of Champions League football alive where other individual performances nosedived.

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On 23 goals for the season (across all competitions) so far, our No.11 is only eight efforts away from matching his tally of the prior season.

The accusation of selfishness seems unfairly wide of the mark when one considers one of Salah’s main tasks is to put the ball in the back of the net – and frequently!

Indeed, on that basis, all four of our usual starting forwards could be accused of a degree of selfishness in that regard.

Regardless, anyone who fully observed Liverpool’s prior campaign will be more than aware that our Egyptian King was arguably the difference between playing in the lower tiers of European football and getting an invite to the continent’s premier competition.

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2 Comments

  1. In all honesty I have grown sick and tired of reading Garth Crooks column on BBC football. He is really a biased pundit that would never change no matter what. He constantly makes sly remarks about LFC players and manager (if I may add), I really don’t know what his grudge is with LFC, because his comments are always borderline personal in nature. Imagine saying that Salah was selfish and undermined his teammates last season. How ridiculous can you get. When clearly his assists last season are comparable to the best in Europe. I advice Mr. Crooks to start basing his reasoning on facts and not sentiment.

  2. Now I understand what BBC stands for……..Bulls@#t Babbling Crooks. I also understand that opinions and arseholes have something in common…..everyone has one and in the case of Garse Crooks…….he is one. Your thought process is devoid of logic, reasoning and objectivity. Only your mother could love you poor man!!!!

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