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Liverpool boss Slot says Salah victim of 'his own standards'

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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool is seen in action during the Emirates FA Cup fourth Round match vs Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield on February 14, 2026. [Steven Halliwell/MI News/NurPhoto]

Mohamed Salah may be experiencing the worst goal drought of his Premier League career but Liverpool manager Arne Slot believes the Egypt striker is paying the price for his own high standards.

Salah, 33, has won the Golden Boot four times as the English top-flight's leading goal-scorer since arriving at Anfield in 2017, the latest in last season's title-winning campaign. But he has now gone nine league matches without a goal.

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