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Allardyce Criticizes Salah for Substitution Reaction

Sam Allardyce has criticized Mohamed Salah for his reaction to being substituted, telling the Liverpool star to stop blaming manager Arne Slot for his poor performances.

Speaking on his No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, Allardyce called Salah "behaving like a big baby" after being withdrawn in the 77th minute during Liverpool's recent win at Nottingham Forest. The former England boss said Salah needs to "bite the bullet" and start scoring instead of blaming his manager.

Salah has gone nine Premier League games without a goal, and match data shows he had no shots, won no duels, and completed just 72% of his passes when substituted. With Liverpool's title ambitions on the line, Slot's decision to replace Salah was seen as an attempt to introduce more attacking impetus, with substitute Ngumoha helping secure the win.