Chris Sutton tears into 'embarrassing' Mohamed Salah | OneFootball

Chris Sutton says Mohamed Salah's outburst was 'embarrassing' and 'disrespectful'

There's no hiding from the fact that over the last couple of years Salah has been Liverpool's star man.

He had a record-breaking season last term with his goals and assists often single-handedly winning the Reds games.

The attacker was among the best players in the world last term and without him among their ranks, Liverpool wouldn't have won the Premier League title.

However, since he's started on the bench over the Reds' last three games, questions have been asked about his future with Sutton now suggesting that what Salah said about Slot was "embarrassing."

Taking to his personal X account, Sutton weighed in on the discourse Salah created after Liverpool failed to win once again.

"Embarrassing from Mo Salah and disrespectful to his teammates and his manager," he wrote.

"Salah is no different from any other player.

"If a player’s form drops as Salah’s has he is the same as anyone else and has to accept being benched, but he thinks he’s too good to be benched sadly."

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Salah's presence among the Liverpool squad has been second to none ever since he first joined in 2017.

His partnership with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino was second-to-none and even with Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz lining up next to him, he still managed to make things work.

This season, things have been a little different as, in previous seasons, the attacker has been facilitated by his teammates but this time around, players such as Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak have wanted to get in on the goals themselves.

It's clear that this change in dynamic has had a negative impact on the Egypt international and although his form may have dipped, that doesn't mean that he should have been benched for three games in a row.

On his day Salah can be one of the best attackers in the world and with what happened in the summer, it feels like he should be cut some slack by Slot, rather than be thrown under the bus and left on the bench.

Especially after the numbers he put out last season.