
Slot unfazed by Salah's Brighton miss after 'un-human' season
Arne Slot says he is not worried about Mohamed Salah's recent goal drought and expects him to bounce back after his "un-human" season.
Salah has played a key role in Liverpool's Premier League title win this season and currently leads both the scoring and assisting charts with only one game left to play.
He has netted 28 goals and provided 18 assists, with his 46 goal involvements this term just one short of the all-time single-season record of 47, held by Andrew Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (1994-95).
Salah also looked set to beat the record assist total in a single campaign, 20, held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
However, the Egyptian has endured somewhat of a mini-slump as of late, with just one goal and one assist across his last eight Premier League matches.
He did look set to equal the goal-involvement tally against Brighton on Monday, but side-footed a low cross just wide from yards out in Liverpool's surprise 3-2 defeat.
"The first thought that goes through my head when I see a ball moving towards Mo, I am like, 'It's a quite big chance, this could lead to a goal' because that's what Mo normally does," Slot said.
"He has been throughout this season almost un-human, but there were moments in the season where he was human.
"So, it's not the first time that he is not scoring for one or two games in a row, but the good thing for us is that this hardly ever happens, and if it happens, you can be sure he will score in either the third or fourth game again."
Liverpool's defeat to Brighton means they are the first side to be crowned Premier League champions and then fail to win their next three games in the competition in the same season (D1 L2).
It was also the first time they have lost a top-flight match, having led at half-time since December 2016 (a 4-3 loss to Bournemouth), ending a run of 156 games.
They did, however, become just the third side in Premier League history to score in 100% of their away games in a single season after both Arsenal and Manchester United did so in 2001-02.
Slot remained upbeat about their achievements this term despite the loss, saying it proved how well they had performed in 2024-25.
"We won this league because we've been so consistent, we've done so many things right, but we haven't won it in a way like [Manchester] City did it for the last four seasons, where they just could close the eyes and they were even 4-0 up," he added.
"We've been very close in terms of quality with all the teams we've competed with. That's why it's also such a big compliment that we won this league by such a big margin, because the quality margins are not so much different between us and some other teams.
"Especially because we've had our injuries throughout the season as well. To lead by 12 now is a big compliment to our players."