Carragher revealed a Salah ‘distress’. ‘He usually . . .’

James Carragher has revealed his “slight concern” over Mohamed Salah amid the Liverpool star’s slow start to the season.

Salah has just three goals and three assists in ten games this term after scoring 34 goals in Ern Slott’s first season to steer Liverpool to the Premier League title.

Concerns have been raised in recent weeks about the Egyptian’s lack of defensive work, which has never before been identified as an issue that has resulted in him presenting in the other direction.

Slott said ahead of their clash with Manchester United on Sunday That he will provide more protection for Salah’s ailing right-backs in particular, suggests instead that it is up to Florian Wertz and Dominic Szobszalai to make the most of their attacking midfield roles.

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And Carragher agrees that Salah should not be asked to replace him, but admits he “needs to do more in terms of output” and picked a “minor concern” over the 33-year-old’s poor form at the start of the season.

“I don’t think you’re asked to do anything differently,” Carragher said on Sky Sports. “He’ll miss Trent Alexander-Arnold — who wouldn’t? That partnership wasn’t just the last season that was built over five or six seasons.

“Liverpool have used four right-backs this season, so that doesn’t help. You actually go back to the Carabao Cup final, when Salah had a really poor game against Newcastle, I think it was Jerrell who was playing the game well.

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“So it just goes to show how big an individual is or how big a player is, they need help from a teammate, there’s no doubt about that.

“But I think right now, at the same time, Salah needs to do more in terms of production. There’s no doubt about that. There’s a slight problem with Salah, we’ve seen before, where he goes five or six games, doesn’t look at his best, and then he’ll score a couple of goals – fingers crossed today.”

“But usually, it’s towards the end of the season. He usually flies out of the blocks, especially when his summer closes. And I was expecting that this season, especially at the back of Liverpool, with Aska, Wirtz and their headlines.”

There’s nothing like a game against Manchester United to break Salah’s streak, and he will be hoping to add to his 16 goals in 17 games against the Red Devils on Sunday.