Arne insists his authority can't be undermined

IF THE cool and calm nature of Arne Slot has given little indication of the turbulence behind the scenes where Mohamed Salah is concerned, the decision to drop the Liverpool star from the squad that beat Inter this week revealed all.

- By PAUL GORST

Slot, as he briefly explained in his pre-match press conference on Monday night, shouldn't have his kindness taken for weakness and while the decision to remove Salah from the party that travelled to Milan was taken by the club itself, it was one that the head coach was in full support of.

The controversial nature of the Egyptian’s bombshell interview in the Elland Road mixed zone, where he accused Liverpool of having him “thrown under the bus’, led to his dropping from the squad that secured a vital 1-0 win over the Nerazzurri on Tuesday.