Mohamed Salah, a striker for Liverpool, expressed his “devastation” over his team’s failure to qualify for the Champions League for the upcoming season and said, “There’s absolutely no excuse for this.”
Salah made his remarks on social media immediately after Manchester United’s victory over Chelsea sealed Liverpool’s inability to place in the top four.
Liverpool will place fifth and participate in the Europa League the following year. Salah, 30, an international player for Egypt, remarked, “We let you [fans] and ourselves down.” Liverpool finished fourth after winning seven of their last eight games, although ultimately they were unable to make up for their poor play earlier in the season.
Salah, a member of the Liverpool squad that won the competition in 2018–19 and lost to Real Madrid in the tournament’s championship game last year, said: “We had everything we needed to make it to next year’s Champions League and we failed. As Liverpool, entering the competition is the absolute minimum.Sorry, but it’s too soon for a motivational or upbeat message. After defeating Manchester City in the Community Shield, Liverpool had a promising start to the season but only managed to win two of their first eight Premier League games.
Prior to their current turnaround in form, they struggled on the road in the Premier League, losing three of their eight away games to teams fighting for their playoff lives in Nottingham Forest, Wolves, and Bournemouth.
Liverpool lost to Real Madrid handily in the last 16 of the Champions League this season, while they were eliminated by Brighton and Manchester City, respectively, in the fourth round of the FA Cup and League Cup. Salah, who last summer agreed to a lucrative new three-year deal with Liverpool, has scored 19 league goals this year, including six in the 14 games leading up to the 2022 World Cup and 13 in the 23 games that followed.
Although Liverpool “did not deliver what everybody wanted” this season, manager Jurgen Klopp feels there are grounds for optimism following a solid finish to the campaign.
“This season hasn’t been the best in recent memory. However, not everything has been flawless since we held a training camp in Dubai following the World Cup, but the points we have accrued have been rather excellent,” he remarked. “We’d be in a different spot if we could have done that the entire season. There are, therefore, valid grounds for hope. The atmosphere our supporters produced during our final home game [against Aston Villa] and the manner in which the club bid its final farewells to the departing players laid the groundwork for an amazing future.
