"You have to take the other step and create clear chances and score goals, particularly against a team who are bottom of the league and who are going down. It's not acceptable to lose in the way they did to Wolves. Wolves had two shots on goal. They scored two goals. And talking about going forward, in the final third, the final decision, the final pass was just horrible."
"Especially the one we showed in the highlights with Mo Salah [wasting the 3v2]. Although he scored a goal, the goalie should have saved it, and he really didn't contribute anything again all evening."
Mohamed Salah scored against Wolves after a ten-match league goal drought, but the goal was fortunate, squeezing under goalkeeper Jose Sa. More significantly, moments after scoring, Salah wasted a clear 3v2 opportunity, failing to make the correct pass to teammates Szoboszlai and Ekitike. Steve Nicol criticized both Salah's performance and Liverpool's broader attacking issues, noting the team's poor decision-making in the final third. Nicol emphasized that losing to a bottom-placed team heading for relegation was unacceptable, particularly given Wolves' clinical finishing with just two shots resulting in two goals. Salah's lack of sharpness in front of goal, once a defining characteristic, appears diminished.
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