Liverpool manager Arne Slot has played down concerns about Alexander Isak and Mohamed Salah’s form this season, insisting both players are simply getting used to operating in a new system.
The Reds’ new £125 million ($168.1 million) striker has netted just once in his first five appearances for Liverpool, who have now lost back-to-back matches and haven’t lost a three in a row since early 2023.
Salah, meanwhile, has three goals and three assists to his name from nine games across all competitions but is widely accepted to be playing well below the standard he set last year, when he racked up 29 goals and 18 assists in the Premier League alone.
The duo are by no means alone in their struggles, with Liverpool as a unit falling short of expectations despite sitting top of the Premier League, and questions about individual form dominated Slot’s press conference ahead of Saturday’s trip to Chelsea.
