‘Mohamed Salah Should Have Continued Playing During Real Madrid vs Liverpool Final’, Says British Boxer Tony Bellew
Last Saturday, Liverpool lot to Real Madrid by 1-3 at the finals of the Championship League in Kiev.
Last Saturday, Liverpool lot to Real Madrid by 1-3 at the finals of the Championship League in Kiev. Many blame it on Mohamed Salah’s injury who was forced out of the game within the first 30 minutes itself after Real Madrid’s captain Sergio Ramos tackled him. Salah left the ground teary-eyed and this gesture has not impressed the British boxer Tony Bellew.
He appreciated Salah’s performance this season but said that he could have continued playing despite being injured. “It’s unbelievable. Vasyl Lomachenko tore his shoulder against Jorge Linares and continued fighting for another eight rounds. Mohamed Salah got a bruise on his shoulder and went off in the biggest game of his life. That’s no disrespect to Salah, he’s been the best player in the world this year. He should win the Ballon d'Or. But ultimately, when you’re going into the biggest game of your life the only way you should be coming off that pitch is on a stretcher,” said Bellew to Metro.
The British boxer said that had Salah been on the ground, it would have increased Liverpool’s chances of winning the game by 25%. “Strap it up, stick a needle in it, some painkillers – do whatever needs to be done because if Salah stays on that pitch Liverpool has a 25 per cent more chance of winning that game,” he said.
“They were on the front foot at the start of the game, they looked like they were going to win it. For being such a fantastic team, when Salah went off they didn’t look like one. They were guys who didn’t know what their roles were or what they were doing. When Salah was on the pitch they looked threatening,” he said on a concluding note.
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