He was under a weird spell', the reason given for Mohamed Salah's poor form

The Pharaoh is not living his best season with the Reds, who have sent him to the substitutes' bench in the last game

13/10/2022, 07:11 AM +00:00

Liverpool FC are beginning to rediscover their form after an atypical start to the Premier League season, where they recently dropped down a place in the table after losing to leaders Arsenal in London last weekend. As a result, a cascade of commentary has been unleashed against the Merseyside outfit, especially the players.

Mohamed Salah is one of the players being singled out by the press and fans, who have been criticising the Egyptian, who played 69 minutes against the Gunners in place of Fabinho, with a bittersweet feeling that changed today in Liverpool's thrashing of Rangers FC in Glasgow; Salah scored three goals in the 7-1 thrashing that qualified them for the last 16 of the Champions League.

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To that end Danny Murphy, a former Liverpool star who always backed and believed in the ex-AS Roma striker, insisted Mohamed would be back to his best. "Inevitably, the run of this form Salah has when the team is not playing well and they are more defensive. We should expect great players to turn up at great times," the former midfielder told Fair Betting Sites.

Mo Salah, who was coming off a run of five games without scoring in the Premier League, showed that at least in Europe via the UEFA Champions League he would have better numbers. The Nagrig, Egypt-born midfielder had already scored in this edition, doing so on Matchday 2 and 3 against Ajax and Rangers respectively, but Wednesday night in Galsglow was magic for him, coming on as a substitute and scoring a hat-trick.

Danny Murphy came out in support of Salah

Murphy also commented on the African's mood, saying that everything has an influence on a striker, including the mental side of things. "No, I think he's going through one of those weird spells. Some people will argue that last season's close finish carried over into this one, but people like Salah continually break records and prove people wrong, he just needs to be mentally strong," he said.