- Salah feared that his team would make a mistake and had to be spoken by the referee
- Liverpool had fought a goal down to lead Southampton in Anfield
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Mohamed Salah seemed to have to be sure that Liverpool was not breaking the rules when a little known replacement rule came into play during his victory over Southampton.
The Reds left 3-1 victors on the saints denied by the descent on Saturday, with Salah pacing two of the place to help guide Liverpool to a return victory.
With the almost sealed result, Arne Slot's side seemed to make a late substitution, which was his sixth of the game, one more than the usual five that are assigned.
Liverpool fans have He suggested that Salah had frantically tried to prevent a sixth substitute from becomingPotentially fearing a deduction of points for a rape of the rule.
However, Liverpool was allowed to make a sixth substitution due to an incident that occurred previously in the game.
Jan Bednarek was forced in the first half after collecting a head injury, with Southampton using a substitute for brain shock.
Fans claim that Mohammed Salah tried to avoid a substitution to avoid breaking the rules
Salah's possible fears were relieved with Liverpool having the ability to make a sixth change
Southampton making a substitute for brain shock meant that there was an additional change available
These can be made outside their five standard changes according to the Rules of the Premier League: a law presented in 2021 to encourage teams not to take risks when it comes to possible brain commotions.
It also allows an additional switch for the opposition, which means that when Bednarek opened, Liverpool now had six substitutes to play instead of five.
Apparently, this change in the rules book ignored Salah, who seemed to be desperate for not allowing his side to do what he perceived as an expensive error.
Only after referee Lewis Smith explained that irregularities were not being made, Salah allowed late change, which saw Jarell Quanseah come to Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 89th minute.
Salah's confusion evoked a warm reaction of the faithful of Liverpool, with a fan writing in Reddit: “Salah will not let anything prevent us from winning the PL.”
While Liverpool came out victorious against the jacket of resident boxing of the Premier League, it was not a soft navigation since Southampton took an advantage of shock at the edge of part time: Will Smallbone capitalized a lack of defensive communication between Alisson and Virgil Van Dijk before putting home home.
However, his advantage only lasted six minutes after the restart, with Darwin Núñez shooting home to match.
The Uruguayan later won Liverpool a penalty at a time later, which Salah converted with poise.
Liverpool came from behind to beat Southampton in the Premier League in Anfield on Saturday
Salah scored two penalties and now has 32 goals in 41 Liverpool games this season
Darwin Núñez was instrumental in the fight of the second half of the Liverpool team against Los Santos
Salah's stain kick became the rapid change of Liverpool in 54 minutes
The Egyptian scored another shot to the maximum with two minutes to play to give space to breathe Liverpool, sealing the victory in another record performance.
In addition to climbing to the absolute third place in the list of scorers of all Liverpool, Salah has also become the fifth highest scorer of the league with Sergio Agüero in 184 goals.