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Salah calls for change in scathing assessment of Liverpool’s season
16th May, 2026 07:18 PM
Mohamed Salah insists “crumbling” Liverpool needs to recover their identity, calling for a return of the “heavy metal attacking team” that made them feared under Jurgen Klopp.
It was another difficult night for Liverpool under Arne Slot as they lost 4-2 at Villa Park, leaving their Champions League hopes still in the balance.
Slot’s side succumbed to a 12th league defeat of the season, meaning Arne Slot’s side has not won a Premier League away game against a team in the top nine all term.
Salah, who is set to leave Anfield in the summer has called for change in a scathing assessment of Liverpool’s form this season.
In a statement posted on social media, Salah said, “I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers and from believers to champions.
Painful
“It took hard work, and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.
“Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good,” he said.
His assessment follows a similar appraisal by club legend Jamie Carragher, who claimed the team was “taken to the cleaners” by Aston Villa in their 4-2 loss on Friday, May 15, 2026, night football.
“This has been happening from the first day of the season on a Friday night against Bournemouth,” said Carragher on Sky Sports co-commentary duty.
“Liverpool has far too many weak players, physically and mentally, and it has to be fixed. It looks like Arne Slot is going to be the man who has to fix it next season.
“But this result does nothing in terms of the feelings of the supporters around his position right now.
“Liverpool does not excel at anything. They look like a really average team. They have been taken to the cleaners.“
