MO LOVE LOST

LIVERPOOL fans suspect Mo Salah “held himself back” from dishing out a TV tirade after his latest painful snub.

The four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner was left out of the starting XI for the first leg of Liverpool‘s Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain.

And Arne Slot didn’t even bring him off the bench.

To add insult to injury, Salah was told to increase the intensity of his warm-up only to be overlooked for five other subs — including 18-year-old Trey Nyoni — in a game the Reds lost 2-0.

Salah whipped up a storm after being dropped for a trip to Leeds in December, telling media he had been “thrown under the bus” and that he had no relationship with Slot.

This time, after going through his warm-down on the Parc des Princes pitch, he opted for silence.

Salah smiled as he shook hands with Steven Gerrard, Steve McManaman and Laura Woods live on TNT Sports.

The Egyptian, 33, made it clear that he did not want to give an interview and walked back to the dressing room.

But some fans are convinced that he would have loved to let rip at Slot.

One wrote on X: “Salah held himself back there. He really wanted to say his piece on TNT but he knows there’s no point now.”

Another replied: “Salah clearly didn’t want to say what he thought of Slot to Gerrard and McManaman there.”

A third posted: “One sad figure… Slot has managed to demoralise everyone at Liverpool.”

A fourth commented: “This is sad, man. I feel so bad for him.”

Another chimed in with: “Bro was ready for flames.”

And one user said: “Man he’s so professional, I’d be asking for Slot’s head.”

Salah will leave Liverpool this summer after he and the club agreed to end his mega-money contract a year early.

But his spectacular Anfield career is fizzling out.

With only 10 goals in all competitions this term, Salah is on course to record by far his lowest single-season goals tally in a Liverpool shirt.

Club legend Gerrard was at least impressed with how he handled himself after the PSG game.

He said: “[He’ll be] frustrated. He’ll be sitting there thinking he’d back himself to influence this game and improve proceedings, certainly from an attacking point of view.

“He’ll be a little bit sad and frustrated. But credit to him because he’s just stayed behind there and done some extra running.

“In his mind he’s already got his mind on Fulham [on Saturday] and he’s doing extra work which shows the pro and the mentality that you’re dealing with.” — Sun