00:00Liverpool's attack has been one of the most feared in world football, but does the team
00:08lean too heavily on Mohamed Salah? The Egyptian forward remains the Reds' most reliable
00:13goal threat, consistently delivering in crucial moments. With his leadership and ability to
00:18produce when it matters, there's no doubt he's the focal point of Arnie Schlott's
00:23system. But with Liverpool falling short of their silverware chase on multiple fronts
00:28this season, despite being likely to return the Premier League title, is there enough
00:33contribution from the rest of the squad? Does the level of reliance leave Liverpool vulnerable
00:40if Salah has an off day? To explore this further, I spoke to Will Rooney of Liverpool World.
00:46Yeah, and looking at Salah, you know, he's no doubt had an unbelievable individual season.
00:54But has there been a bit of moments where you look at the Liverpool side and the Liverpool
00:58attack, as you say, very lacklustre in that final, and you think maybe a bit of over-reliance
01:03on Salah to produce these moments of magic and win games, you know, turn them from losses
01:08or draws to wins. I know he can do that and has done so many times this season. But do
01:13you feel there is a bit of over-reliance on Mohamed Salah? I think when you look at the
01:17stats, perhaps other players haven't stepped up to the plate. It's not like everyone, you
01:23know, let's just get it to Mohamed Salah and he'll score the goals. That's certainly not
01:27the way that Liverpool play. But in terms of the output, there haven't been enough contributions
01:32from the rest of them. I mean, Womble always calls it Gasper hasn't been fixed, he's been
01:36troubled by an ankle injury. Maybe he's come back a little bit too because he was out again
01:42and didn't really do too much against Newcastle. Diogo Jota, fitness issues, has now got form
01:50issues as well. Luis Diaz, I think he's scored one goal since the turn of the year, that was
01:56against Wolves. He started off the season really, really strongly but he hasn't been quite the same.
02:07If you look at him and think, is he 28 now? Is he going to progress any further?
02:13Darwin Nunes, we've spoken enough about Darwin Nunes, haven't we? Throughout the season,
02:19I think it does look like his days are probably going to be numbers. Fair play to Federico Chiesa
02:24coming off the bench and putting the ball away in a really composed manner. There's an argument now
02:30that given Liverpool's struggles at the top end of the pitch, why not give Chiesa a chance as the
02:35number nine? Because it's a position he's played in the past in Italy. But coming back to Mo Salah,
02:42he didn't have his best game. He was probably the worst at front three against Newcastle.
02:52I know we can't do it every game but on a big stage, that's when you want your talisman to
02:56step up. You want him to go and do something. We've seen Virg van Dijk at the back, he was
03:02magnificent at the back. He was probably one of the only starting players who came off with any
03:07credit at the performance. But it's definitely something after the international break that
03:11Ancelotti has to address. How can he get more out at the end for the attacking players? Because
03:16he can't just rely on Salah to come up the guts.
03:20And just on Salah, in terms of his ban on door chances, he had huge shouts for it and he's still
03:26on track to definitely be nominated and be voted very highly with his individual return this season,
03:31especially at his age as well. Obviously, crashing out of the other tournaments as well,
03:36especially Europe, does seem to have a big pull in terms of the ban on door race.
03:42Do you feel his chances are maybe a bit slimmer now if Vinicius Junior goes on or Mbappe goes on
03:49and wins the Champions League with Real Madrid? It might depend on that, yes. There won't be too
03:57many Liverpool fans who are supporting Arsenal in the Champions League but Mo Salah might be one of
04:01them when that tide comes around. If you look at it in terms of numbers alone, Mo Salah is ahead
04:09of Mbappe and Vinicius Junior but you know how much the European Cup carries weight. I think
04:14Salah scored three goals in the Champions League this season, which in terms of his numbers,
04:20that's not a lot. Most of them have come in the Premier League, the most difficult league in the
04:24world but he'll know there's a little bit of noise about it now. He really wants to get his
04:32hands on that prize so he'll know that he has to go again and he'll have to work potentially even
04:37harder. I don't know if that's possible but he might have to if he's to support the Real Madrid
04:42giants.
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