{"id":202161,"date":"2025-11-27T01:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/202161\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:26:09","slug":"didi-hamann-tore-into-disgraceful-mo-salah-moment-in-latest-liverpool-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/202161\/","title":{"rendered":"Didi Hamann Tore Into &#8216;Disgraceful&#8217; Mo Salah Moment In Latest Liverpool Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are now in their worst run of form since 1953 after a 4-1 home loss to PSV at Anfield brought their tally to nine defeats in 12 matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Champions League had been a welcome distraction given their Premier League struggles but they were abject in defeat to the Dutch underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool were under it in the opening minutes and quickly fell behind when Ivan Perisic gave PSV the lead from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk was the man at fault, raising his hand high above his head in what was a stonewall penalty despite the pressure of Jerdy Schouten behind him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6&#8242; Liverpool 0-1 PSV<br \/>A dreadful start from the hosts. Virgil van Dijk is penalised for a handball, Ivan Perisic tucks the penalty away.<br \/>\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b2OI4OoWVJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/b2OI4OoWVJ<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udcbb<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qOQmeU2T4f\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qOQmeU2T4f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RTEsoccer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RTEsoccer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVPSV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LIVPSV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDppMnh97b\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gDppMnh97b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 Sport (@RTEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEsport\/status\/1993773829580058626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Liverpool captain protested the referee&#8217;s decision, but it stood and Croatian veteran Perisic stuck the ball in the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool woke up and Dominik Szoboszalai levelled after good work from Cody Gakpo, before PSV had the ball in the Liverpool net again but an infringement saved the hosts&#8217; skin.<\/p>\n<p>However, PSV would get their second after a well-worked goal capped off by Guus Til with Milos Kerkez trailing behind.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was a tidy move from PSV to retake the lead at Anfield.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PaRuIM6MiZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PaRuIM6MiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballsdotie\/status\/1993793447837176288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>PSV added their third after a poor read from Ibrahima Konate, Couhaib Driouech with plenty of time to find the net. He would cap the win off with his second in added time.<\/p>\n<p>Hamann highlights worrying Virgil van Dijk habit<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool legend Didi Hamann was in the RT\u00c9 studo for the game and gave light to Salah&#8217;s lack of defensive effort which preceded their second goal.<\/p>\n<p>Salah was easily beaten by Mauro Junior before Til found the net and showed little effort to track back and stop the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Hamann believes Slot has to prioritise his future by axing Salah, and should have taken the chance to do so after the goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There comes a point when you&#8217;ve to drop players,&#8221; Hamann said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Slot had a decision to make, does he get the sack with Salah or keep his job without him?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Salah did for that second PSV goal&#8230; I think Slot had one chance to take him off straight away &#8211; what he did there was disgraceful. For a player the calibre of Salah.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It pains me to say&#8230; but the way he let the player go past him without doing anything to help the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hamann also noted a worrying habit that has become prevalent with Van Dijk this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;Van Dijk &#8211; well he was telling the referee has been pushed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Jerdy) Schouten has got his arm on him but I don&#8217;t know why he (Van Dijk) has put his arm up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the third penalty he has given away which is more than any other player this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately he did not get booked because he got booked for something else a few minutes later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 &#8211; Virgil van Dijk has conceded three penalties in all competitions this season, more than any other Premier League player. Basketball. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YnYaH7oOHW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YnYaH7oOHW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJoe\/status\/1993775607222857927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Van Dijk was back to his best last season in leading The Reds to the Premier League title under Slot, but has shown defensive frailties this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hamann was equally blunt when assessing Slot&#8217;s future at the club.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;Another embarrassing performance&#8230; the fans are obviously not happy&#8230; many of them left before the end of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team is in disarray, they don&#8217;t play as a team. I am not sure if this is solvable. In the way they are set-up at the moment with Slot, it is unsolvable. I don&#8217;t think he is in control of this team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I have seen tonight&#8230; I get a feeling everybody is doing what they want &#8211; they look at their own performance more than the team&#8217;s performance. It is inexplicable how you can go from being brilliant last season and bringing quality players in to having nothing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to see him sacked because it would be very harsh after what he did last season but it is nine defeats in 12 now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tough times at Anfield, that is for sure.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/troy-parrott-future-plans-amid-links-to-premier-league-645157\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Troy Parrott Clear On Future Plans Amid Premier League Transfer Links<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are now in their worst run of form since 1953 after a 4-1 home loss to PSV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,1009,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-202161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-liverpool","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115619062460205656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}