What Liverpool dressing room thinks of 'unfair' Mohamed Salah treatment as Man City change confirmed

Trent Alexander-Arnold believes criticism of Mohamed Salah is "unfair" and has backed the Liverpool forward to regain his scoring touch.

Salah has not scored from open play in his last 10 Reds appearances after drawing another blank in the 3-2 FA Cup semi-final win over Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday.

The Egyptian, still the Premier League's leading goalscorer this season, received stirring backing last week from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who pointed to the inevitable toll of narrowly missing out earlier this year on Africa Cup of Nations glory and World Cup qualification with his country.

And Alexander-Arnold is confident those keen to point the finger at Salah will soon be made to look foolish.

"I think it’s unfair," he said. "The levels he gets himself too, he’s kind of a victim of his own success. He’s still top goalscorer, he’s one behind me in terms of assists (in the Premier League) and people are saying he’s having a bad run of form?! He’s nearly top goalscorer in the Champions League as well.

"What he has done for us over the last five seasons has been outstanding. Look, it’s unfair for people to say he is going through a bad patch. We all have belief that he is going to score goals for us. It’s only a matter of time before he puts it in the back of the net again."

Alexander-Arnold has also been a target for criticism in recent times, most notably over his defending despite being a regular in the second-meanest defence in the Premier League after leaders City.

But having subdued Phil Foden on Saturday for the second time in six days, the right-back said: "I know there are questions about my defending but it doesn’t really bother me. I know my strengths, I know the weaknesses that I need to work on.