Liverpool: Andy Robertson issues Mohamed Salah plea as Virgil van Dijk lifts lid on 'situation'

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·9 de diciembre de 2025

Liverpool: Andy Robertson issues Mohamed Salah plea as Virgil van Dijk lifts lid on 'situation'

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The Scottish veteran played the duration as Liverpool ground out a narrow win at the San Siro by way of Dominik Szoboszlai’s late penalty.

Much of the pre-match talk centred around Salah’s remarkable outburst against Arne Slot, where he said he felt he had been ‘thrown under the bus’ for Liverpool’s recent poor form, suggesting he could leave in January. He was subsequently left out of the side to face Inter.

Speaking at full-time, though, Robertson said he hoped he could continue to play alongside his long-time team-mate.

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"[It is] a tough situation,” he said. “We're talking about one of the greatest players to play for this club.

“I signed in the same window as him. Whatever has happened, happened. Internally, we're all together.”

Asked whether he expected Salah to play again for Liverpool, he added: "That'll be up to other people, it's not up to me. I love playing with Mo Salah and I hope to continue playing with him.”

Club captain Virgil van Dijk added that the situation had not affected Liverpool’s focus: “It's a collective difficult situation that we're all in.

Whatever has happened, happened. Internally, we're all together.

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“Between Mo and the club, things are going on and he's not here today, that's the reality. I don't think anything has changed in terms of our focus and determination.

"I'm not the one to speak if someone has to apologise. It's him airing his feelings for the past couple of days. That's something the club has to deal with, obviously, me as well. The focus was there, nothing else changed. He trained as well.

"The reality also is that Mo is going to Africa soon. I've known him for such a long time, we are good friends and have been through highs and lows. We speak and those types of things will stay indoors as it should be. We have to brace ourselves and be against the outside noise.”

Liverpool’s winner at the San Siro came by way of a controversial penalty, won as Florian Wirtz went down softly after having his shirt pulled. The penalty decision, though, followed Ibrahima Konate having a goal ruled out after a lengthy VAR check for a glancing deflection off the hand of Hugo Ekitike.

Robertson said he did not agree with either decision: "The handball for me, I think it took seven or eight minutes. If you do that, then you have to stick to the on-field decision. You have to stick to the decision.

“The penalty did look soft but that's given anywhere else on the pitch.”

He added: "We all needed [the win]. We know the results and performances aren't good enough. It's important this club is in the Champions League. It was a huge result for all of us.”