So far this season, Liverpool star Salah’s state has fallen significantly behind last season. In an interview, the former Red Army player Heskey talked about Salah and the situation of the Premier League championship.
When asked whether Salah is just in poor form or has been declining, Heskey said: "I think it's both. Yes, he is indeed in poor form, but as he gets older, decline is inevitable. This will happen to any player in his 30s, but Salah is not particularly obvious because he is very professional and can take good care of himself.
"In my opinion, this is nothing new, it does not happen suddenly, but it has been happening continuously in the past two or three seasons. There are games where Salah scores despite not being great, so we ignore the rest of his performance. Whether it's a goal or two, a penalty or an easy win at the end of the game, we forget how well he played the entire game because of that goal.
"But the situation now is that Salah has not scored many goals recently and has not contributed much. So we started to blame him, but this is not a new situation. Salah is the kind of player you never want to replace because no matter what state he is in, he is always a threat.
"But on the other hand, this is also the problem, it makes the choice difficult for the coach, because you always want to keep Salah on the field. His threat comes from scoring goals, but if he doesn't score, he will appear unknown, and even make the team feel like one player is missing. "
After losing to Brentford in the last round of the Premier League, Liverpool has lost as many league games this season as last season. The Red Army is already 7 points behind the leader Arsenal in the standings.
Heskey said: "They really can't lose anymore. If Liverpool still wants to win the Premier League championship, they can't lose any more games, and they can't be further widened. I think Arsenal have the Premier League title race under control now, but they could still drop points at some point. Regardless, Liverpool have no room for error. "