Here's the important reason why Salah isn't shining

England left winger and former Liverpool player Jhon Charles Barnes gave his view on why Mohamed Salah is having such a difficult start to the season for a Reds side that are far from their best, with the Egyptian being overshadowed by a crisis of poor results at Anfield and Manchester City's new star Erling Haaland's blistering start to the campaign.

Part of the Reds' 11th shirt's poor run of form is due to the constant changes of system at Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp trying out formations and tactics that favour the group during these six Premier League games and one more in the Champions League, affecting the performance of "Mo" Salah who has yet to find a partner in attack, as he did last season with Senegal's Mané.

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The Egyptian winger has endured a slow start to the season by his standards, scoring on only a couple of occasions after six league games. Despite remaining a player who generates multiple dangerous chances for his team-mates, the 30-year-old has been repeatedly criticised following that new three-year deal worth around £350,000 per week.

The quickest and most direct comparison was with last season's version, where the winger managed a total of nine goals in his first ten games before the first international break. In 2022, even that high efficiency is no longer looked upon favourably with Norwegian Erling Haaland entering the English Premier League in a Manchester City jersey.

Haaland is overshadowing Salah

The offensive spotlight is now on City with their new star from Borussia Dortmund, who has managed in his first 6 games to reach 10 goals, one ahead of Salah's great start in 2021 and 8 ahead of the current campaign, Haaland is devouring by leaps and bounds one of the most complicated leagues in Europe with his barely 22 years of age, because unlike the Egyptian who has to be the one who creates the goal plays, to the Norwegian the chances in front of goal come alone with a team that distributes balls to him.