Liverpool hero Aldridge: Salah must be withdrawn from penalties

Football
11 Apr 2023 • 12:56 PM MYT
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Liverpool hero John Aldridge has called for penalty duty to be withdrawn from Mohamed Salah.

Salah failed from the spot in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Arsenal, as he did in defeat to Bournemouth.

Aldridge wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "Mohamed Salah has missed four of his last nine penalties now for Liverpool, and failed to score an important one for Egypt too when they missed out on the World Cup.

"I was saying to some of the ex-players that I expected him to miss it, I really did. I could see it and I could sense it. He tried to place it too much in the corner and his confidence isn't what it was.

"I've been there with penalties. I had that one saved at Wembley (in the 1988 FA Cup final). I didn't want a penalty. After that, we won one against Manchester United, 0-0 it was, and I told Jan Molby to take it because I wasn't in the right frame of mind.

"He scored and we won 1-0. I know what it's like when you're not in the right frame of mind. Mo Salah is not in the right frame of mind to take penalties at this moment in time. I think he should pass them over to someone else, just until next season when he can take over again."