Mohamed Salah risks losing Liverpool the title with his diving antics

Every time  dives, he risks costing Liverpool the title.

His tumble against Crystal Palace was the second time in the last month that Salah has gone down too easily.

He won a penalty against Newcastle on Boxing Day after going to ground theatrically following the slightest of touches from Paul Dummett.

If he keeps diving, he risks being hit with a two-game FA ban. Liverpool only need to slip up twice to put Mancester City back in the title driving seat.

Without Salah's firepower, would Liverpool have won the topsy-turvy game against Palace? This match proved that Klopp needs his main man available for every game.

When Salah stays on his feet, he is one of the most exciting players in the Premier League.

I love the way he is capable of blowing away teams at will. It would be a travesty if it is simulation, not his goalscoring, which ends up settling the most thrilling title race for years.

Salah's diving comes at the end of a week in which Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa was branded a cheat for spying on opponents' training sessions - 11 Championship clubs have complained.

If we really want to do something about cheating in our game, why not crack down on diving? When Salah dived against Newcastle, the FA did not take action.

It was deemed that it did not meet the threshold for 'attempting to deceive the referee'. If that was not a dive, then what is?

Until football gets to grips with this, we will see more of the same from players like Salah.

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