"LEEDS, England -- Mohamed Salah always picks his moments. It is that impeccable sense of timing which has propelled the Egypt international to dizzying heights on the football pitch, where he has -- over the past eight-and-a-half years -- cemented his status as a true Liverpool great. Likewise, Salah's track record for rare but often explosive interactions with the media indicates that the forward knew exactly how much carnage he would trigger by telling reporters he had been "thrown under the bus" by his club amid their torrid recent run of results."
""Someone wants me to get all the blame," he said in an explosive seven-and-a-half-minute interview at Elland Road on Saturday night. "[The] club promised me a lot in the summer. Now I'm on the bench, so I can say they haven't kept those promises. I used to have a good relationship [with Arne Slot]. Now we don't have any relationship, and I don't know why. [It] seems like someone does not want me in the club.""
Mohamed Salah publicly accused Liverpool of being responsible for his scapegoating after being left on the bench during a 3-3 draw with Leeds, saying the club promised him much in the summer but has not kept those promises. He described a breakdown in his relationship with head coach Arne Slot, suggested someone at the club wants him to shoulder blame for poor results, and said he does not know why their relationship soured. The remarks came during a seven-and-a-half-minute exchange at Elland Road and dominated headlines despite Salah not playing; the episode follows the club's Premier League title win less than eight months earlier and a recent contract extension.
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