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Exiled Mo Salah has been told to apologise for his astonishing Liverpool rant at Liverpool.

The Egyptian superstar has been dropped from the Liverpool squad following his already infamous attack on the English champions after Saturday night's meeting with Leeds. After being left on the bench, Salah accused the club and boss Arne Slot of "throwing him under the bus" and claimed that he was being made a scapegoat for the team's recent dismal run.

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has accused Salah of trying to get Slot sacked. And former Scotland and Celtic boss Gordon Strachan believes Salah will live to regret his comments. Strachan believes Salah must apologise to everyone at the club and actually feels that what the Egyptian has done will only make Slot's position stronger.

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"Over the years he's given us wonderful football. He seems to be a humble guy, who gets on with doing his job," said Strachan, speaking to BestBettingSites. "After that outburst, I hope he wakes up and goes, 'What have I done?'

"I hope he just apologises to everyone. We all have moments of craziness that can perplex the rest of the world, or surprise people around us. I hope he's thinking about how long he’s been at the club, how he's been looked after, worked with so many great people and played with so many great players.

"I hope he realises that being at Liverpool made him a great player, because you don’t become a great on your own. You need a team. He’s been given time and respect by everybody at Liverpool, and to blow that up in a moment, maybe a mini-breakdown in an instant of disappointment, it would tarnish a great legacy.

"This was a kind of out-of-body experience. He’s not been singled out, almost every one of those players under Arne Slot this year have been dropped. So don’t tell me you think that doesn’t apply to you.

"In a way, I think that Mo Salah’s statement has made Arne Slot's position stronger. Because when you’re under pressure like that, and something like this happens, Slot will say he's got to stay here now and show everyone what he can do.

"And the board at Liverpool now can’t be seen to question the manager after Salah's outburst, that’s for sure.

"That would look weak, and I think over the years the Liverpool board have generally made good decisions about backing their manager."

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