Former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher issued an apology to the Reds star winger Mohamed Salah for his scathing review of the Egyptian’s decision to take his frustrations public.
Carragher stated that
he cherishes Salah in Liverpool colours, however, added that the Egyptian shouldn’t repeat his antics off the field in the future.
“Mo, I apologise if I have upset you. I love you as the Liverpool player, but you just need to behave yourself off the pitch,” the former Liverpool defender said.
“I think what happened there and how he spoke about the manager, I’m desperate for Arne Slot to win tonight, just for him,” he added.
“And I just want them all to win because, as I said, there’s been a lot of focus, understandably so, on Mo Salah’s comments, but the manager’s got to answer questions, in the press conference, constantly.”
“Obviously I had my say on it last night, I don’t want to re-visit that, but I was a bit frustrated when I saw that post today,” Carragher said.
Earlier, Carragher had ripped into Salah for ‘throwing the club under the bus’ with his media interaction following Liverpool’s 3-3 draw against Leeds at Elland Road.
“I thought it was a disgrace what he did after the game. Some people have painted it as an emotional outburst, I do not think it was,” Carragher had said.
“I think whenever Salah stops in the mix zone, which he’s done four times in eight years at Liverpool, it’s choreographed between him and his agent to cause maximum damage and to strengthen his own position.”
“The one line that stands out for me is ‘thrown under the bus.’ He’s thrown the club under the bus twice in the last 12 months. With the manager right now, he should be doing as much as he can to help the club get out of the worst run they’ve had since the 1950s and he hasn’t done that.
“When we are talking about throwing people under the bus, he’s thrown every Liverpool right-back under the bus for the 8 years. Can you imagine playing behind him for eight years? But we accept it because he’s a superstar and he’s scored 250 goals and he’s given me as a Liverpool supporter some of the greatest nights of my life.”
“You weren’t a big star before you came to Liverpool, you haven’t really won much for Egypt, no matter how big you are, you need help from your teammates, your manager and fans, it’s important that he remembers that,” Carragher said. “When he talks after Leeds, it’s all about me, me, me.”
