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Mohamed Salah became the center of controversy with his selfish play. Freshman Florian Birtz was furious at Salah's ridiculous play.
Liverpool beat Frankfurt 5-1 in the third round of the UEFA Champions League phase in the 2025-2026 season at Deutsche Bank Parc in Frankfurt, Germany on the 23rd (Korea time). Liverpool scored the first goal and won a big victory with the goals of Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Cody Hakpo and Dominic Sobosli.
Liverpool has won for the first time in a long time, but a scene of Salah in the game is controversial.
Salah replaced in the second half of the day, and soon after coming in, he had a chance to open up his team's lead. In the 45th minute of the second half, Salah had a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper, but he chose to shoot himself in a situation where the angle was narrow. The shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
At this time, Birz was in front of the goal as a no-mark chance, so if he had connected the pass, he would have scored. But Salah tried to shoot instead of pass. Birtz then raised his arms and expressed strong dissatisfaction.
This scene immediately sparked a heated response from Liverpool fans on social networking services (SNS).
According to British Sportsbible, fans say "Sala didn't pass to Birz again. That's too bad", "That's too greedy a play. Birtz was able to score his first goal", "Selfish Salah sent Birz's third offensive point flying away" and other reactions.
Although Birtz failed to score on the day, he scored two assists for the first time in his Liverpool uniform. He showed off his presence by assisting Hakpo and Sobosli's goals after the substitution. With this performance, Birtz can expect to start the next game. Liverpool will face Brentford in the English Premier League (EPL) on the 26th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
