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Mo Salah goes nuclear to the Norwegians.

Has he played his last game for Liverpool?

Is he being scapegoated?

Does he automatically deserve his place in the side because he was good last year? Would he do better than Canate at centreback? Big questions. After a brilliant and by now almost totally forgotten game at Ellen Row. The Reds two up, pegged back ahead again until Tanaka in the last minute rescued a point for Daniel Farca. Leeds have had a great week. Before that title winners,, Arsenal, lost at Villa, a glorious gold-mouthed scramble to decide it in injury time.

Ray and Cherkees Robona keeps City on track, Palace of 4th, Everton a 6th, pardon, Spurs win at home.

And are we even allowed to tell you what happened at Brighton? Now Tony Bloom has banned

the Guardian from the Amex. There's a World Cup draw to digest Wayne Gretzky's North Macedonia, the insatiable chemistry between heart and clum,

Rio as permutations man,

and Gianni and Trump bringing peace to the world,

one dynamically priced FIFA vomit fest

at a time. We'll answer your questions,

and that's today's Guardian Football Weekleave. On the panel today, Barry Glendning, welcome.

Hi, Max.

Hello, John Bruin.

Hello, Max.

And from a hotel in Brighton, keep your head down, Seb.

Seb Hutchison.

Hello, Max.

Let's start at Ellen Road. Leads three, Liverpool three. We'll get to the game. But before that, you know, the big story is Mo Salah. Ian says using Mosala's selection criteria of I used to be good, so deserve to be picked forever. Are Liverpool going to solve their centreback problems by playing a three with Van Dyke, Hansen and Lorrow, or will slot up for a screen of Wheelan and Sunez in front of the four? He was on the bench, he didn't come on, he spoke to Norwegian TV afterwards, an amazing video of a press officer in the background going, oh, no, wincing, don't say that, Mo. Apparently it's only the third time he's stopped for the media. Andy Hunter writing in the paper, the Egypt's international twice accused Liverpool of throwing him under a bus in response to their dismal Premier League title defence. Sala made sure that everyone else at Liverpool, the club's hierarchy, head coach, and even teammates he professed to love, would be under it with him. This was not leadership from Salah. It was pure self-indulgence and a betrayal of the dressing room.

He said there was no relationship with the manager. He said someone wants him out of the club and said he should be starting because of how good he's been. What did you make of it, John?

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