Liverpool did all the basics in that game right. We dominated the game until Salah was taken out by Ramos. The defence couldnât be faulted. Ultimately we lost because of that Cillian OâConnor-esque deliberate foul play by Ramos, two catastrophic goalkeeping errors, and one moment of magic from their best player.
This was the game where the loss of Coutinho was really felt. Squad badly needs upgrading. Lallana was a total passenger.
A couple of different bounces of the ball and it could easily have been a much different result though - they didnât win it, we handed it to them.
Could Salah have made it to half time, got a painkiller shot in his shoulder and finished out the match?
Given the reports of no lasting tissue damage and the fact that after he dislocated the shoulder, it immediately popped back into place and he had movement in his arm I donât really feel like it was a certain game ending injury. Usually with bad dislocations you can see the arm hanging. Players tend to use their jersey as a half baked sling to take the pressure off the shoulder. That wasnât the case with Salah. It looked to me like it wasnât on the more serious scale of dislocations.
In a possible once in a lifetime appearance in the biggest club match in World football, Iâm just not convinced Salah did enough to stay on the field. I think toughing it out another 15 minutes until half time, looking to curb the pain at that point and assessing where he is in early second half would have been a fair course of action given the stakes of the game and his fundamental importance to Liverpool as an attacking threat.
Iâd be very surprised if he missed the World Cup.
Yeah, excruciating is a fair description. I dislocated my shoulder a few times when I was younger. Itâs very painful. But the pain doesnât persist for that long and probably could be managed with a shot at HT. The start of the second half would have been roughly 40 minutes from when the injury occurred. I donât think it was impossible to play on. I just feel like Salah could have done more to stay on the pitch.
Dont know enough about Salah to comment tbh. Wouldnât have thought be many lads playing there last night with the mettle to play on after it. Ramos probably!
Nah not all. Liverpool were undone by a unbelievable goal and 2 keeper howlers sure thats sport for ya, sometimes ya win, sometimes you lose. You wouldnât understand that being stuck in your couch.
