"Mohamed Salah has history at the London Stadium - and this may have been a day when Liverpool started to write a new chapter in theirs by moving towards the next generation without him following a 2-0 win at West Ham. Head coach Arne Slot dropped the 33-year-old to the bench for a Premier League game for the first time since April 2024 - also at West Ham - with that decision taken by the Dutchman's predecessor Jurgen Klopp."
"That was a day which ended with Salah firmly in the headlines. First when he was involved in a touchline spat with Klopp as West Ham scored when he waited to come on as substitute in a 2-2 draw, and then when the notoriously reticent forward strode past reporters afterwards and announced: "If I speak there will be fire." Here, Slot's selection carried a wider significance, not in drawing Salah's magnificent Anfield career to a close, but in indicating how the manager's 450m summer evolution"
Arne Slot dropped Mohamed Salah to the bench for a Premier League match at West Ham, mirroring a similar decision in April 2024 made by Jurgen Klopp. The selection signalled a possible transition toward the next generation amid calls to rest Salah after underwhelming performances. Liverpool ended a poor run with a 2-0 victory, Alexander Isak scoring his first Premier League goal since his British-record 125m move and 116m Florian Wirtz creating key chances. Dominik Szoboszlai was relieved of right-back duties to patrol the right attacking flank as part of a re-shaped lineup planning for a 450m summer evolution.
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