'Usually I'm polite but that doesn't mean I'm weak'

Slot said it was difficult to know who Salah was referring to when he claimed someone at Liverpool had thrown him under a bus.

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But he admitted having only a brief exchange with the player since Saturday - when informing him of the decision to leave him behind on Merseyside - and insisted the club’s reaction demonstrated his authority.

“Usually I’m calm, I’m polite,” Slot said. “But that doesn’t mean I’m weak so if a player has these comments about so many things then it’s up to me and the club to react. We reacted in a way you can see - he’s not here.”