Liverpool vs Fulham: Mohamed Salah to swing executioners axe?
Liverpool play Fulham on Sunday with Cottagers boss Slavisa Jokanovic under the pump. Will Mohamed Salah be the one to end it all for the Serbian?
The Daily Mail has reported that Jokanovic has been given one more game to save his job – and that happens to be against the Reds on Sunday.
The newly promoted side lost to Huddersfield Town in their most recent Premier League game, and now the Fulham board are growing restless at the prospect of going down.
With a terrible defence and an attack that hasn’t managed to hit the back of the net enough to keep up with proceedings at the other end, Jokanovic may be on his way out of English top flight management.
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Maybe this is the right time to play Liverpool and a win at Anfield would go some way to persuading the Craven Cottage hierarchy that he is the right man for the job, but it’ll still be some task.
Despite the moaning of Reds fans and the surprise Champions League defeat to Red Star Belgrade this week, Liverpool are still unbeaten in the league and will be firm favourites to collect three points on Sunday.
Fulham don’t look like surviving under Jokanovic, who inspired them to boss the Championship last season. They have conceded 29 goals in only 11 games and sit rock bottom of the league with only five points.
If there is any opposition that can reignite the Reds’ stagnate attack, it’s the ones they will face on the weekend.
Fixing that will be a massive task, not just for their current gaffer but for anyone else who comes in after that. To have players like Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino running at you is any defences nightmare – never mind one has shell-shocked as Fulham’s.
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This is a big moment for the Egyptian and his pals. If it means getting on the scoresheet and kick starting a strange season, then Salah should be happy to play the role of the executioner.