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Although Salah has scored 17 goals in all competitions at the
halfway mark this season, he has scored only seven in the
Premier League where he has averaged nearly 24 goals a season
during his time with Liverpool.
The Egyptian forward has won three Golden Boots for most goals
in a season, but has been far from his best after the summer
departure of his strike partner Sadio Mane and injuries to
Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz.
"Of course Mo is suffering. It was a well-drilled machine the
front three, everything was clear (in) what we were doing.
Everybody suffers from that, that's clear," Klopp told
reporters.
"It is specific, offensive play that requires a lot of work and
lot of information, and not always obvious information. You
create a feeling about a lot of these things, about where your
team mate is and where to pass the ball without looking."
Mane moved to Bayern Munich in the close season while Jota,
Firmino and Diaz have not played since the World Cup, with
Liverpool falling to ninth in the standings.
Liverpool reinforced their attack with the mid-season signing of
Dutch forward Cody Gakpo who is still adapting to the team,
while Darwin Nunez has not been consistent, scoring just one
goal in the FA Cup since the season restarted last month.
"In two or three weeks a couple more options will be available
and we can mix it up. When Darwin is playing, he is obviously
more high up, going in behind," Klopp added.
"We never played with a (number) nine before. Even when Sadio
played in the position he was dropping (back) in moments. That's
not Darwin's game, he wants to have balls at his feet and he's a
real handful there.
"It is all good if they would all be in and we could build
something, but we haven't been able to do that yet."
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Kenneth
Maxwell)
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