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How many penalties has Salah missed for Liverpool

Mo''s surprising record 

By Charles Cornwall

Mo''s surprising record 
Mo''s surprising record 

The vast majority of Liverpool's interventions from the penalty spot are almost always guaranteed goals if Mohamed Salah takes the spot-kick, with the Egyptian striker having become the club's official spot-kick taker over the years, even though James Milner was also an accurate penalty taker.

But this unbeatable image of Salah from the penalty spot seems to be disappearing in the last few months of the competition, reflected in the match against Bournemouth where his shot was saved by the goalkeeper, reaching a bad statistic where three of his last five shots have been missed.

Although Salah was able to score the goal after his first shot was saved, it is inevitable that coach Jurgen Klopp will not take into account the poor work of his striker, the German tactician will surely plan a strategy that will end up benefiting the group every time a penalty kick is taken, and in midfield and more specifically with his reinforcements Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, the coach has great takers with effectiveness above 90%.

Klopp and the strategic changes  

With Mac Allister having scored 9 of his 10 career penalties and Szoboszlai 15 of 16, it will be difficult for the German to decide which player to use in this type of penalty shootout if he decides to use him.

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