{"id":11248,"date":"2025-10-22T22:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/mohamed-salah-is-on-the-bench-as-liverpool-look-to-stop-conceding-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:36:57","slug":"mohamed-salah-is-on-the-bench-as-liverpool-look-to-stop-conceding-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/mohamed-salah-is-on-the-bench-as-liverpool-look-to-stop-conceding-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah is on the bench as Liverpool look to stop conceding goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) &#8211; Mohamed Salah will be on Liverpool&#8217;s bench for the second time this season as coach Arne Slott looks to end his team&#8217;s four-game losing streak when they face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Ekitike will return to the starting lineup in place of Salah against his former club Frankfurt, while attacking midfielder Florian Wirths will also return for his first game in Germany since joining Liverpool this summer.<\/p>\n<p>In pre-match comments to broadcaster DAZN, Slott said he expects his forwards to &#8220;work really hard off the ball every moment.&#8221; &#8220;These players are special and they need to be special when we have the ball,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, right-back Conor Bradley and left-back Milos Kerkes were also placed on the bench after Slott made changes to the squad that remained unchanged in the Premier League defeats to Chelsea and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gravenbirch did not travel to Germany with the Liverpool squad after twisting his ankle in the defeat against United.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/liverpool-frankfurt-mohamed-salah-champions-league-2486fc52801f4c9e54138ebf6089e54e\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) &#8211; Mohamed Salah will be on Liverpool&#8217;s bench for the second time this season as coach Arne Slott looks to end his team&#8217;s four-game losing streak when they face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday. 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