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PARIS — Mohamed Salah<\/a> paid the price for Liverpool<\/a>‘s 4-0 FA Cup defeat<\/a> at Manchester City<\/a> by being dropped from Arne Slot’s team for the Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Salah, 33, was substituted in the 77th minute of Saturday’s loss at the Etihad after missing a clear first-half chance to score before having a penalty saved by City goalkeeper James Trafford<\/a> in the second half.<\/p>\n

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Salah remained on the bench for the duration of the 90 minutes in the French capital, despite Liverpool failing to register a single shot on target in a 2-0 loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“In the last part of the game it was about surviving for us,” Slot said, explaining why Salah did not come on. “Mo has so much qualities, but to be defending 25 minutes inside his own box, it’s better for Mo to save energy for matches to come.”<\/p>\n

The two teams will meet again at Anfield next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

With the Champions League now the only possible route to silverware for Slot’s team this season, Slot deployed Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> and Milos Kerkez<\/a> as wing-backs in Paris ahead of a back three of Joe Gomez<\/a>, Virgil van Dijk<\/a> and Ibrahima Konat\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources told ESPN that Slot’s final training session on Tuesday was based around the mechanics of a back three — a system he has not used before as Liverpool coach.<\/p>\n