Mohamed Salah was visibly upset after Liverpool lost 2-1 against Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final.
The Egyptian superstar would have been hoping to spearhead a Liverpool side towards beating Newcastle as they were overwhelming favourites heading into the much-awaited clash.
But that was far from the case, with Mohamed Salah having a game to forget against the Magpies himself — as the statistics prove.
| MOHAMED SALAH STATS VS NEWCASTLE | |
| TOUCHES | 23 |
| CHANCES CREATED | 0 |
| SHOTS | 0 |
Firstly, Salah had the least touches (23) out of any player on the pitch.
Furthermore, Salah, named the best player in the world also took no shots as well as failed to create a single chance against Newcastle.
Gary Neville says he’s ‘never seen’ Mohamed Salah as quiet as he was vs Newcastle
Bryan Mbeumo claimed Salah “can do everything” but against Newcastle, that was from the case with Tino Livramento shutting the decorated winger down as soon as he got the ball.
The former Roma forward did not even look like Liverpool’s biggest goal threat on the day, which goes to show how poor he really was.
Gary Neville claimed that he has “never seen” Salah have as quiet a game as he did against Newcastle for Liverpool.
Neville said on Sky Sports’ live coverage of the contest: “I’ve never seen Mo Salah as quiet as I have seen him in this game. He has had three touches, 25 minutes into this second half.”
The embarrassing Mohamed Salah stat during Liverpool’s Carabao Cup loss vs Newcastle
Being the elite player he is, Salah will be gutted that such claims are simply inescapable.
In a final, the Reds legend was expected to step up and surprisingly, he did not.
So much so that Salah accumulated an xG (Expected Goals) of zero during Liverpool’s match-up against Newcastle — proving Gary Neville well and truly correct.
