Jurgen Klopp is not overly worried by Mohamed Salah바카라s slight dip in form, as the Liverpool manager turned full focus to the Reds바카라 Premier League title challenge. (More Football News)
A bad week for Liverpool was capped off on Thursday when, despite a 1-0 win over Atalanta, they slumped out of the Europa League 3-1 on aggregate following a heavy defeat at Anfield in the first leg.
That loss on April 11 came three days before a 1-0 home reverse to Crystal Palace, which saw Liverpool바카라s league title hopes take a dent 바카라 they are now two points behind Manchester City with six games remaining.
What has not helped their course is that talisman Salah 바카라 who netted an early penalty against Atalanta but squandered a big chance later in the match 바카라 has scored just three times in the league since returning from a hamstring injury he sustained while playing for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
Klopp, though, is confident Salah will soon be back at his best.
바카라I am not particularly concerned,바카라 he said ahead of facing Fulham.
바카라That바카라s what strikers do, that바카라s what happens to strikers, that바카라s how it is. We have to go through this, he has to go through that. He is one of the most experienced players we have in the squad.
바카라We will go through that but that바카라s pretty much all. It바카라s not that Mo didn바카라t miss chances before in his life, that바카라s a part of the game. I am not particularly concerned.바카라
Reflecting on the task at hand now for his side, Klopp added: 바카라Disappointed that we did not go through [in Europe] but not frustrated or angry.
바카라Now we can focus on the league and that바카라s what we will do. We have a few days to recover, we will do that, and then will travel the day after tomorrow to London and will play Fulham, which will be tricky but we will give our absolute all.
바카라That바카라s our competition now. I saw a good reaction from my side, we had not a great week last week obviously. This, if we want, was the start for the rest of the season with a good result and a good performance and that바카라s how we see it.바카라
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Fulham 바카라 Andreas Pereira
Pereira has been involved in four goals in his last four Premier League appearances (two goals, two assists), with his brace against West Ham more than he had netted in his previous 34 games combined (one).
Indeed, Pereira has more goal involvements than any other Fulham player since the start of last season (seven goals, 13 assists).
Liverpool 바카라 Mohamed Salah
Salah may not be firing on all cylinders from a goalscoring perspective, but he is proving to be Liverpool바카라s creative hub.
Only Martin Odegaard (68) and Bruno Fernandes (59) have created more chances from open play in the Premier League this season than Salah (58). He has created at least four open-play chances in five different games this season, with Roberto Firmino the last Liverpool player to do so more times in one season (10 in 2016-17).
MATCH PREDICTION: LIVERPOOL WIN
The Reds might have had a bad week, but Opta바카라s model still fancies their chances of returning to winning ways.
Liverpool have scored in each of their last 19 away Premier League matches, the longest current run of any side. That being said, since losing 3-0 to Brentford in their first home Premier League game this season, Fulham have conceded just 13 goals in their last 15 games at Craven Cottage (0.9 per game). With six clean sheets at home so far, the Cottagers last had more in a Premier League campaign in 2010-11 (nine).
Marco Silva바카라s team have scored 49 Premier League goals this season, having netted 55 last season. The last time the Cottagers scored 50+ goals in consecutive Premier League seasons was in 2003-04 (52) and 2004-05 (52).
However, Fulham have won just one of their last 11 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D2 L8), winning 1-0 at Anfield in March 2021.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Fulham 바카라 20.85%
Liverpool 바카라 53.1%
Draw 바카라 26.1%
