Liverpool boss Arne Slot is confident that Liverpool's star man Mohamed Salah will be back to his best soon and have a smile on his face again.

Despite not scoring in three consecutive games for the Reds - a dry spell he hasn't experienced in over two years - Slot believes it's the recent Champions League and Carabao Cup losses that have dampened Salah's spirits, not his goal drought.

Slot stated: "I think Mo has smiled less because we went out of the Champions League and we lost the final.



It has nothing to do with not scoring a goal.

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"For me it's simple, sometimes the fixture list is more difficult than other periods of the season so you face Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle in a final and then a derby.

"He hasn't scored in three - so that's why he has to score on Sunday!

Everton, with 10 people in their own 18-yard box all the time, it's so difficult to score a goal against them.

"I know Mo - and he lives for goals.

There were probably periods this season when he smiled a bit more - but that's not just him.

Slot also clapped back at former Liverpool striker Michael Owen for suggesting that not winning the Champions League and Carabao Cup will tarnish their Premier League triumph slightly.

"So he is aware of the fact that in 35 years we won the league once?

If you do it 10 times in a row then I could understand that people say: 'Oh but you only win the Premier League.'

"If [Manchester] City only won the Premier League then I could understand people saying: 'It's not a good season for City.' But if, at this club, you can compete for it and let alone win it, then it is a strange question to ask in my opinion.
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