Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is hopeful that Sunday night’s hard-fought victory towards Tottenham might be a turning level in his facet’s season.
- Salah scored twice in 2-1 win
- Liverpool inside seven factors of high 4
- Salah hopes win will be turning level
WHAT HAPPENED? Salah scored twice as Liverpool bounced again from defeat at Elland Street final weekend with a powerful efficiency towards Spurs on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. He rifled house Darwin Nuñez’s help for the Reds’ opener, following it up with a pleasant chip after a obvious error from Eric Dier. A sweeping Kane strike gave the house facet hope late on, however Jurgen Klopp’s males held on for less than their fifth win of the season.
WHAT THEY SAID: “We performed soccer, we managed to attain two objectives and second half I believe we might have scored, however we had been unfortunate,” he informed Liverpool’s web site after the match. “A very powerful factor is we managed to get the three factors.”
When requested concerning the outcome being a possible turning level, he stated: “Hopefully. Earlier than, we didn’t need to lose however that’s soccer and we’ve to just accept it. We managed to strike again a couple of instances within the season; we performed superb video games, like towards [Manchester] Metropolis and towards Napoli. Now, hopefully that offers us extra confidence. We’ll simply attempt to keep on and win video games.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Salah secured three factors in north London that would show very important to Liverpool’s high 4 hopes. The Reds stay seven factors off Spurs in fourth however have a recreation in hand, that means a Champions League end remains to be properly inside the attain of Klopp’s facet.
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DID YOU KNOW? Salah’s 19 objectives and assists up to now this season (14 objectives, 5 assists) are his second finest return after 20 video games in his six seasons on the membership, bettered solely by 2021-22 (28).
WHAT NEXT FOR SALAH? Salah and Liverpool host Derby County within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, earlier than they host Southampton within the league on Saturday.