""I wanted to play against Genk at Anfield, but the coach had decided to take me in that game or just Aston Villa, and eventually he settled on the league game. ""The whole thing depends on how we deal with it, and the same thing happened with Salah at the end of the week. He fought to be in the Crystal Palace match, but the coach preferred to rest him and not risk him being involved. ""For Salah, it would have been better to have an extra two-day break," he said. "We all want to play games constantly, but we always have to respect the coach's decision.

Source: Egypt Today November 27, 2019 08:15 UTC