Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to take aim at Mohamed Salah for his poor display against Watford at the weekend.
This comes after the Reds succumbed to their first Premier League defeat of the season with a 3-0 loss at Vicarage Road on Saturday evening.
Did Salah have his worst game of the season against Watford?
Yes
No
After the match had ended, Salah’s performance, in particular, fell victim to lots of abuse on Twitter from some very angry Liverpool fans.
Here’s a sample of Liverpool fans criticising Salah:
Defence has been awful. Today but the front three have been worse.
Salah has been poor for weeks.
Probably needed this as a wake up call.#lfc
— Joy Of Six (@BecauseICan2408) February 29, 2020
Salah very poor today seriously think sell him for 150 mil get sancho in freshin things up creative midfielder seriously needed to #LFC
— Liam Heaps (@liam_heaps) February 29, 2020
@MoSalah You’re done. I’m finished with you. It’s over.
— (@SalahSauceV2) February 29, 2020
Salah been a absolute disgrace, klopp should of ripped him off
— Gary West (@westyten) February 29, 2020
Another Salah disasterclass btw. His goalscoring record flatters him, he really can be a terrible footballer.
— Egg (@JurgenPls) February 29, 2020
The Egyptian winger played the full 90 minutes of the defeat at Watford, earning himself a match rating of 5.7, the joint third-lowest of any Liverpool player (per WhoScored). Currently, Salah has been Liverpool’s second-best player so far this season with a rating of 7.41, but after his display against Watford, this has paved the way for lots of Liverpool fans to disregard his efforts in the past and instead just slate him for his poor performance in this latest match.
Salah is awful when there’s no space to run in to, he’s numbers are stupid but has he had a good game this season? The best I’ve seen us attack was against Everton. He makes no space for anyone, always looks to cut in. He’s very late stage CR7.
— PretendToKnow (@SoftFirstTouch) March 1, 2020
Some players have been having off days consistently lately. Salah, firmino and gigi have all been very poor lately. Even VVD has been bad the last few games
— Louis (@benzinhodf) February 29, 2020
In all liverpool had a really poor performance today. No agency, build up very slow in the middle. Mane, Salah and Firmino didn’t have any impact on the game
— Fante ?? Duade? (@duade7012) February 29, 2020
What do we think?
While it’s understandable why these Liverpool fans are upset at the result given that it has been their first defeat in the league all season, it seems quite unfair to be laying all of the blame at Salah’s feet. The hope for the Liverpool fans now would be that Salah’s performance against Watford was just a bad day at the office as they look forward to their next game.