00:00Listening to you speak passionately there, that say that Jamie Carragher was always going to attack Mo Salah or criticise Mo Salah tonight.
00:09Mo Salah said it himself, didn't he, after the game? He said, oh, Jamie Carragher will go for me again and again.
00:16Have I ever criticised Mo Salah on the pitch?
00:20Well, a couple of weeks ago you said his legs had gone.
00:21No, I don't grasp that as, that's something that happens to every player.
00:26That's not a criticism of him as a player. I've never criticised him for not working back.
00:30I've never criticised him when he's gone for games without scoring.
00:33I've never criticised him when he hasn't passed to someone when he should pass to people at times.
00:36Because he's an absolute legend of the club and what you get from him, you have to put up with certain bits.
00:41I think some of the criticism this season of Mo Salah has been excessive.
00:44I've said that publicly, but I will go after Mo Salah when he tries to throw my club under the bus, off the pitch and just think about himself.
00:52So I certainly will do that.
00:54Now, what do you think he should have done, Jamie, then?
01:00What he should have done?
01:02In terms of this season, in terms of how it's played out, you know, he's such a proud guy.
01:09He's, as you say, he's got this huge ego. He's been left on the bench for three games.
01:12OK, let's understand, number one, right, Arne Slott, right?
01:17Arne Slott, three games before this run of three games, has conceded ten goals in three games.
01:22One of them, against PSV, Salah was embarrassing in terms of challenge he puts in.
01:27He then goes to West Ham away.
01:29Nuno team, big on set pieces, OK?
01:31What do we need to do?
01:32We need to keep a clean sheet.
01:33That's all he cares about.
01:34What's the one thing you're going to do as a manager?
01:36You're going to take out the one player in your team who you've allowed not to defend, OK?
01:41So that happens.
01:42You play Sunderland at home.
01:44I would have played him, but it's understandable you keep the same team, OK?
01:47What do you do?
01:48He brings him on at half-time.
01:49You then go to the away game, OK?
01:52So West Ham away and Leeds away.
01:55Why would you bring him on when you're winning those games?
01:57You don't need a goal.
01:58You need not to concede.
01:59So if you bring Salah on, you bring on a guy who can't defend set pieces and who doesn't run back.
02:05But the one time I wanted to be really critical and held back this season about Mo Salah on the pitch.
02:10As I said before, I've never been critical of him on the pitch.
02:14He is a legend of the club, right?
02:16His legacy is there.
02:18If he doesn't score another goal or make another assist for this club, I don't care.
02:23He's been amazing.
02:23Listen, where he really let himself down in my eyes was this season in Frankfurt and another game where there's a guy who signed for Liverpool who needs a goal more than anyone, Florian Wirtz.
02:34Instead of just being a great player for the club, be a great ambassador for the club and roll that ball to him for an easy tap-in and go over, give him a hug and a kiss and say,
02:42you know what, you're the guy who's going to take this Liverpool team forward.
02:45I don't need any more goals.
02:47I've seen Barnes at the end.
02:48I've seen Ian Rush at the end.
02:49I've seen Steven Gerrard at the end.
02:51Do you think they were the same players in the pomp?
02:54Of course they weren't.
02:55Do supporters think any differently of them now when they see them?
02:58They say, no, you're the top five or six players to ever play for Liverpool.
03:01And the same will be said of Salah.
03:03So in terms of on the pitch, the one criticism I've got, help the other players.
03:07Help Florian Wirtz.
03:08Help Isaac.
03:09Don't be obsessed with your own numbers.
03:10And don't, as I said, what he's done off the pitch.
03:13I think the club have made the right decision in terms of not going abroad now.
03:16And whether he will play for Liverpool again.
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