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Publication date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 10:19
Gary Neville criticized Mohamed Salah for being “greedy” at Liverpool 3-1 victory over Arsenal, a couple of weeks after praising his “selfish” antics against Leeds.
Salah stole the ball from Diogo Jota as the substitute sought his first goal for Liverpool on Monday.
The ball was headed straight for Jota, who likely would have had a scoring opportunity if Salah hadn’t snatched the ball from him and lost possession.
Jota scored his first goal for Liverpool moments later, and Jurgen Klopp rejected suggestions of selfishness by Salah, but Neville warned the Egyptian “you can’t do that” in his analysis of the game.
Neville said in Sky sports: “That’s the selfish part of his game.
“He thought, ‘You don’t have a goal already’ and he took it away. It was Jota’s ball.
“His greed is one of his great strengths, but he should have left it for his partner. It would never get there.
“He [Jota] I would have had a goal if it weren’t for Salah. You can not do that. Although he’s a great player, he knows it’s not a great look. “
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But just a couple of weeks ago, after his hat-trick against Leeds, Salah was praised for his greed for Neville and praised his ruthless streak.
Explained in Sky sports: “You think about the difference in mentality between Mane and Salah. Mane is nice, I think the players probably love him, he gives it his all every day, he will do the selfless thing for the team.
“Then you look at Salah on the other side. Sometimes it doesn’t happen to his partner, he will be a little more selfish, a little less sympathetic because of that, probably because of the fans, probably because of some of his teammates.
“But then I see him as a kind of outsider as someone who looks at him thinking, ‘He’s an absolute killer in the field.’
“It reminds me of that twin follow-up to Ronaldo and Rooney in the mid-2000s, where they were both like that and that’s where Mane and Salah are.
“I think Salah will finish over Mane, not because Mane isn’t a great player, as Rooney was a great player.
“But the reason these players are different is that they have something here that means they go home at night and being the best player in the world shakes their world.
“While in reality a Rooney or a Mane feel that the team has to win, I have to give everything, fight for my players. Salah doesn’t do that. “
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