Klopp reveals why Mohamed Salah was substituted for in Liverpool’s loss against Arsenal.

In the middle of the second half of Sunday’s loss at Arsenal, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp substituted winger Mohamed Salah for another player.

According to Klopp, he removed the Egyptian player in an effort to fend off the very aggressive Arsenal team.

At the Emirates Stadium, with the score tied at 2-2 midway through the second half, Salah, the Reds’ leading scorer from the previous campaign, was replaced by Fabinho.

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The Gunners’ England international Bukayo Saka, though, converted a penalty to give the hosts the win despite the expected alteration.

Again, we had to play strong defense, and we made an effort to position Jordan Henderson there, according to Klopp. “Mo did fantastic job; he took on a tremendous amount of responsibility.

Because of how severe it may be at times, we believed Hendo could handle it. Even after taking a striker off, we still wanted to win.

The 3-2 loss sent the Anfield team to the middle of the standings, 14 points behind league leaders Arsenal.

Darwin Nunez scored his first league goal since August to tie the game for Liverpool after Liverpool had fallen behind after only one minute thanks to a strike from the home team’s Gabriel Martinelli.

After the halftime break, Saka and Roberto Firmino both scored a goal, but