{"id":55825,"date":"2025-12-01T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=55825"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:36:15","slug":"55825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=55825","title":{"rendered":"Reds Eye Back\u2011to\u2011Back Wins as Slot Drops Salah Hint for Sunderland Showdown*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55826\" src=\"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resize-55.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arne\u202fSlot hinted he might keep Mo\u202fSalah on the bench for Liverpool\u2019s upcoming Premier League clash with Sunderland next Wednesday. After the 2\u20110 win over West\u202fHam, Slot told\u202fBBC\u202fMOTD that the congested schedule (four games in\u202f10\u202fdays) gives him room to rotate. He said, \u201cWe play a lot of games\u2026 Mo has been so important for the club and will be so important for the club, so let\u2019s see what happens on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This would be a rare move\u2014Salah hasn\u2019t missed back\u2011to\u2011back league starts since the 2023\/24 season (when he was injured). Slot\u2019s comments suggest he\u2019s willing to sit the Egyptian again, despite fans being shocked after the West\u202fHam benching. The Reds hope to notch back\u2011to\u2011back league wins for the first time since September (Burnley &amp; Everton).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Florian\u202fWirtz exploiting space in the West\u202fHam win, Slot may keep the same approach at Sunderland, though a Salah return isn\u2019t ruled out. The decision comes amid a mostly disappointing 2025\/26 campaign and questions over Slot\u2019s future, making this a bold selection for the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Arne\u202fSlot hinted he might keep Mo\u202fSalah on the bench for Liverpool\u2019s upcoming Premier League clash with Sunderland next Wednesday. After the 2\u20110 win over West\u202fHam, Slot told\u202fBBC\u202fMOTD that the congested schedule (four games in\u202f10\u202fdays) gives him room to rotate. He said, \u201cWe play a lot of games\u2026 Mo has been so important for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":55826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resize-55.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55828,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825\/revisions\/55828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}