Ashley Cole jokes Chelsea defenders should ‘PUNCH’ Mo Salah to stop him as Blues legend praises Liverpool sta
FOUL By Michael Benson 20th September 2020, 4:59 pm Updated: 20th September 2020, 5:08 pm Ashley Cole jokingly suggested a violent tactic for Chelsea’s defenders to stop Mo Salah from scoring on Sunday afternoon. The Blues hosted Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, with Cole on punditry duty for Sky. Getty Images – Getty Cole first met Salah when Chelsea played Basel Getty Images – Getty They then played together when Chelsea signed him As the teams were walking out on to the pitch, his fellow pundit Jamie Redknapp asked: “Ashley, you’ve worked a lot with him [Salah] when you played with him at Roma. “How do you find the best way to stop him is?” Cole jokingly replied: “I was gonna say punch him! “But no, he was such a humble guy and to see him work in the flesh, he is a perfectionist. When he doesn’t score, he gets the hump. Cole and Salah reunited at Roma a couple of years later “But how to stop him? It’s just to be aggressive with him. That’s just how you play against this Liverpool team. “Being on the front foot, being aggressive, don’t let them play. “Can you stop the service to him first and foremost? “And then, when it does get to him, can you get around, be compact and then maybe double up on him or something? “Because it’s not just him, that front three is very dangerous.” Simon Jordan hits back at Frank Lampard over his beef with Jurgen Klopp, and insists: Liverpool are an organic club, Chelsea are manufactured,
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