Slot steers Liverpool through rough Milan waters

ARNE Slot dedicated Tuesday's 1-0 Uefa Champions League win at Inter Milan to the players he took to Italy, refusing to further fuel a public row with star forward Mohamed Salah.

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The buildup to the match had been dominated by Salah’s extraordinary criticism of Slot, who on Monday admitted he had “no clue” as to whether the unsettled attacker had played his last game for the Reds after deciding not to take him to Milan.

Salah sparked huge drama at Liverpool when he said he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus” by the club and no longer had a relationship with Slot after being left on the bench for Saturday's 3-3 draw at Leeds.

“In the rich history Liverpool have, they have had many of these evenings,’ Slot said.

“But in the season we are in, I think if you are having an away win in this stadium against such a strong team, then it should be about the ones that are here. They deserve all the credit.”

Liverpool are in the top eight of the Champions League after Dominik Szoboszlai’s controversial late penalty gave them all three points at the San Siro. Slot admitted that Liverpool were lucky to be awarded the penalty which won the game, but pointed to Ibrahima Konatés earlier goal being ruled out for handball — a decision he believed was wrong.