Mohamed Salah drew the ire of social media users for sharing a post celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph shortly after a terrifying car crash sucked the air out of the trophy parade.
On the heels of the festivities, a black SUV was seen barreling into Reds supporters that remained gathered on Water Street. Meyerside Police announced in a statement that a 53-year-old man has been detained.
The scene in the Liverpool City Center swiftly devolved into chaos as first responders and officers rushed into action. A local restaurant, Riva Blu, was converted into a makeshift ER while an air ambulance additionally touched down to provide aid.
Taking to X following the horrifying incident, Salah posted a photo of himself kissing the Premier League trophy while on the pitch. The image, which did not come with any caption, appeared to be prescheduled.
Droves of Liverpool fans slammed the post, insisting that it shouldn’t have gone out in light of the tragedy that took place. “This scheduled post has landed at a bad time. They need to do damage control,” one X user wrote, with another adding: “Mo, you need new people to run your socials…”
A third chimed in, “This is why you should never relinquish control of your socials to a soulless media team. Completely inappropriate.”
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