Liverpool legend Steve Nicol slammed the performance of Mohamed Salah after the Reds were thumped 4-0 by Manchester City in the FA Cup.

A hat-trick from Erling Haaland and a well-taken finish from Antoine Semenyo saw Arne Slot’s side dumped out of the cup competition on Saturday.

There was plenty of attention on Salah pre-match, with the Egyptian making his first appearance since announcing his decision to leave Anfield at the end of the season.

The 33-year-old, who signed for £34million from Roma back in 2017, has struggled for form this season and turned in another disappointing display on Saturday, spurning a great opportunity early on before seeing a penalty saved by James Trafford in the second half.

And former defender Nicol, a five-time league champion with Liverpool, admitted he is flummoxed by how much Salah’s levels of performance have declined this season.

‘This is unprecedented,’ Nicol told ESPN. ‘How can you go from almost winning the Player of the Year last year to this? To the fact that now you don’t look as though you know where the goal is.’

Analysing Salah’s early miss, he added: ‘The fact is, he had plenty of time to get it under...