Originally Posted by
ianlfc
To put it politely, He looks fucked!!
Too much football these past 3 season has taken it's toll.
I don't even feel like that's the issue.
I don't believe it's a question of energy levels, or fatigue or miles run.
He's just looked bereft of motivation or enthusiasm.
Like he can but doesn't want to.
It seems like something might have changed during that game he threw a strop at being subbed instead of Mo - in a game in which Mo had been more wasteful, and overlooked him for passes when he was open and he was arguing with everyone from Klopp and the trainers on his way out.
Klopp claimed the matter was resolved later on in the locker room, but honestly he just hasn't looked like he's been in it since then.
Others have claimed that it has been the after-effects of being infected by COVID, but he hasn't been he only one that was infected and had to come back to full health.
Plus, for all the noise we tend to get from Salah's agent, and all the nonsense you might hear him talking about in the press about playing in Spain later on or joining another team, he still brings the effort (for the most part) in most games.
For Mane it's just seemed like it's been an all or nothing - tried to win the game all on his own, spurns his teammates, loses the ball and possession then/or looks like he can't be fussed for the rest of the game and just sulks his way to the final whistle.
'I got told there's an English phrase, 'You don't win trophies with kids'. I didn't know that' ... - Jurgen Klopp
Stone-Cold Savage!
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