Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has hailed Mohamed Salah, following his beautiful performance for the Reds in the top flight clash against Southampton on Sunday.
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| Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, celebrates after his side’s hard-fought 3-2 win over Southampton in the Premier League 2024/25 match at St. Mary’s Stadium on Sunday 24 November, 2024. Photo: @LFC |
Salah netted two (2) goals for Liverpool that helped the visitors cart home all three (3) points from the game; the Egyptian scored the leveller and winner (penalty) for Liverpool in the 65th and 83rd minutes.
When asked about Salah’s performance for the Reds in the away match, Slot answered, “we always know we can trust on him if things get difficult for us.”
Despite leading at the top of the table by eight (8) points, the Dutchman said, “we are definitely not getting carried away”, however, “It’s nice to have this position”.
According to liverpoolfc.com, in his post-Southampton conference, Slot said:
On whether he is ‘over the moon’ with the victory…
“‘Over the moon’ is a bit exaggerating but of course we are really happy. Especially because after an hour we were 2-1 down. Maybe that wasn’t a reflection of how the first hour went because I think we dominated the whole game, which is not that easy, maybe you think we played the number 20 [team in the league standings] and this is what we expect, but I’ve seen many games of Southampton that they were dominating the game. In the end, if you’re 2-1 down after an hour you are maybe over the moon if you win 3-2.”
On Salah’s performance…
“We always know we can trust on him if things are difficult for us. After we went 2-1 down I didn’t really feel that was the moment we should score in. Then out of a fantastic pass from Ryan Gravenberch though [we did]. But the timing of the run and the way Mo finished it was special and that helped us really back into the game, of course.”
On how tough the Premier League is and how difficult a game it was ahead of facing Real Madrid…
“That is the difference… this league asks a lot from every player every weekend and then if you then play in Europe, that’s not always easy. Only a few teams in England have shown they can do this. Liverpool have shown it in the past for many seasons. The last two years that has been more difficult. That’s also why teams in England have such a big squad because top clubs have quite a lot of money. We can also make a bigger squad than maybe some other teams in other countries. That’s also what we need, you saw it today again, the two or three players that came in really had an impact on the game and that is also what we need in this league.”
On not getting carried away with the eight-point lead…
“No, definitely [it’s a healthy advantage] but we also know what we have to put into it to get this lead that we have at the moment – and to get these wins. I think there were maybe one or two games for us that were wins by a big margin, but the rest of them were all by small margins. We know how difficult it is to win a game and these players have been longer in the Premier League than I have been. I think it was last season and even later on in the season that Arsenal led by eight points and [Manchester] City came back, so you know if you face Arsenal, City, Chelsea and all these other teams – Tottenham [Hotspur] were great yesterday, as well – they’re all able to win so many games in a row. It’s nice to have this position, but we are definitely not getting carried away.”
