Arne Slot has already demonstrated this season that Liverpool can function — and win — without Mohamed Salah in the starting XI. The system adapts. The players adjust. The results, mostly, follow. When Salah is on the bench, Slot typically shifts to a 4-2-3-1 with: 🔴 Luis Diaz wide right (inverted) 🔴 Diogo Jota as the No.10 or false nine 🔴 Harvey Elliott or Curtis Jones in midfield 🔴 Mac Allister and Gravenberch anchoring The approach becomes more patient, less direct. It relies on pressing and positional play rather than Salah's individual brilliance. For Paris on Wednesday, Slot faces a decision: start Salah in a must-influence game, or protect him and trust the system? 🔴 Either way, Liverpool have the tactical tools. Slot knows what he's doing.