Salah - "Little Pharaoh" is falling vertically!

At the end of last season, Salah was ranked by fans alongside superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Entering this season, Liverpool fans hoped that with his class, Salah would score 40-50 goals per season like CR7 and M10. But everything is against the Egyptian star.

The "top scorer" is sleeping

It is known that on the English pitch, very few players can maintain a stable performance for a long time. Simply, the coaches will study the playing style and quickly come up with countermeasures, but "going downhill" like Salah - the top scorer with 32 goals last season - is very rare.

Top scorer Salah still failed to score. Photo: Internet

Last season, Salah averaged a goal every 93.6 minutes for Liverpool in all competitions. But this season, Salah has only scored three goals in 853 minutes, meaning he has scored an average of one goal every 284 minutes. That's a terrible rate for a striker, regardless of which club he plays for.

Salah has missed eight of his nine chances in the Premier League. Last year, he scored 32 goals from 59 chances created by his Liverpool teammates, an average of one goal for every 1.8 chances.

If last year, Salah's successful dribbling rate was up to 49%, this season this number has dropped to 18%. Salah's left ankle bends are all easily neutralized by the opponent. Regarding the role of creating, last season Salah made an average of 2 key passes per match, but in recent matches Salah has not made a single key pass.

The pressure of success has made the Egyptian star's legs become clumsy against the English defenders. Up to now, Salah's left ankle twists to send the ball into the opponent's side have often been neutralized quite simply. Before the match, coaches often show defenders how to dribble Salah and this star has not reached the genius level of Messi to have many countermeasures.

As his form has dipped, Salah has not received as much help from his Liverpool teammates as he did last season. The ball has started to be shared more with Sadio Mane, who is expected to be the Port City's goal-scorer this season.

Of course, such good opportunities do not always come and Mane is trying to compete with Salah, who has scored 4 goals so far. When he no longer receives the best support like last season, Salah becomes isolated and is also understandable.

Liverpool worries

Welcoming "The Citizens" at home, Salah continued to be trusted by coach Klopp to play as a right winger in Liverpool's familiar 4-3-3 formation. This was an opportunity for the Hai Phong team to leave Man City far behind, a match in the "big six" group, but Salah was another disappointing match despite playing the full 90 minutes.

Liverpool dropped to 3rd place in the Premier League. Photo: Internet

With left-back Mendy and center-back Laporte marking him, the "Egyptian King" was helpless every time he touched the ball. Salah did not have any successful dribbles or create opportunities for his teammates. He fired 3 shots, one of which went into the goal, but the trajectory of the ball was not enough to defeat goalkeeper Ederson. He was only rated 6.1 points, in the top 3 worst players of the match.

Luckily, Liverpool did not lose at home, when midfielder Riyad Mahrez made "The Citizens" lose the victory with a penalty kick that went into the sky, but after the 0-0 draw, they dropped to 3rd place behind Chelsea and Man City.

Sarri's Chelsea remained unbeaten in the Premier League this season after a 3-0 win over Southampton as Eden Hazard continued to shine with his 7th goal, while Morata also scored successfully from the bench. Arsenal have caught up, only 1 point behind Liverpool. The challenge awaits coach Klopp and top scorer Salah and Liverpool players.