UK media makes feelings clear on Liverpool's tough season as Mo Salah point made
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Liverpool drew 1-1 with Brentford at Anfield on the final day of the Premier League season, and the national media in the United Kingdom were on hand to dissect the Reds' emotional encounterMohamed Salah is leaving Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)And so concludes a difficult, underwhelming, and at times infuriating Premier League campaign for Liverpool.It has been a grueling few months for Arne Slot and his players, with 12 defeats representing the most in 11 years, though Champions League qualification offers some consolation. A 1-1 draw with Brentford proved a curiously apt way to bring the curtain down on a mediocre season, on a day that was largely devoted to bidding a fitting farewell to both Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.Liverpool will feature in the European Cup draw in August, and the financial rewards that competition brings must drive significant transfer window activity this summer to address the shortcomings that have dogged this campaign.READ MORE: Arne Slot makes Liverpool promise as difficult season ends and big summer loomsREAD MORE: Arne Slot needs just one word to sum up season as Liverpool head coach makes honest admissionLiverpool.com, as ever, was present at Anfield to cover the final day's proceedings.
The most eagerly anticipated goodbye was, ultimately, not to Andrew Robertson or even Mohamed Salah, but to a season which has tested Liverpool Football Club to its very core.Salah received a wonderful reception at full-time(Image: Getty Images)"There was something emblematic of this entire campaign that they should totter over the line, securing Champions League qualification despite dropping points against Brentford before a crowd simply happy that it could focus on things other than the actual football."When the assistant referee indicated there would be ten additional minutes, one home fan bellowed: 'F--- off. Take them back.'"Dominic King — The TelegraphKing, of The Telegraph, wrote: "It felt preordained that the day would end with a quick-fire Mohamed Salah double in front of the Kop, and so it proved."The plot twist here, though, was the fact the 'goals' were scored in front of an empty net by Makka and Kayan, the daughters of Liverpool's departing hero, as Mohamed, their doting father, took pictures on his phone.
A fairy tale in real time, to his great frustration, was beyond him."Rich Jolly — The IndependentJolly, writing in The Independent, mused: "Now the reign of Liverpool's Egyptian king is over."But if Mohamed Salah abdicated, he signed off first in style and then in tears. Not with the goal he surely wanted, though he was inches away from a 258th and last for Liverpool, but with a reminder the third-highest scorer in their history was more than just a scorer, and then an illustration of how much he and they have meant to each other."A moving goodbye was an imperfect one, with neither a win nor a goal for Salah, but it was laced with a touch of class.