John Aldridge:
Salah has missed four of his last nine penalties now for Liverpool, and failed to score an important one for Egypt too when they missed out on the World Cup.
I was saying to some of the ex-players that I expected him to miss it, I really did. I could see it and I could sense it. He tried to place it too much in the corner and his confidence isn’t what it was.
I’ve been there with penalties. I had that one saved at Wembley (in the 1988 FA Cup final). I didn’t want a penalty. After that, we won one against Manchester United, 0-0 it was, and I told Jan Molby to take it because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind.
He scored and we won 1-0. I know what it’s like when you’re not in the right frame of mind. Mo Salah is not in the right frame of mind to take penalties at this moment in time
I think he should pass them over to someone else, just until next season when he can take over again.
Aldridge added:
I think Trent looked great in that inverted full-back role, I thought he looked really good in there when stepping into midfield.
I have to say, where we are in midfield, and Trent is one of the best right-backs in the world going forward. Possibly the best right-back in the world going forward. But defensively he needs protection at times.
He’s still very young and learning his trade in many ways. I’ve always thought he’s got to stick at right-back but where we are, we’ve got Joe Gomez who can play right-back. We’ve got the young lads Ramsay and Bradley who look promising.
There wouldn’t be any harm in looking at Trent in that position for future reference. Some of his touches and some of his play was absolutely top drawer in there.
He’s a player, I’ve seen him play in midfield for Liverpool Under-21s and in the Academy in his early years. He can play in there. Having seen him in that sort of position and how comfortable he was, you wonder how far Jurgen might take it and if he’ll have a real look at him in midfield for future reference.
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