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Mohamed Salah & Anfield: A Liverpool love story

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11 months ago

November 13, 2023

Liverpool player ratings vs Brentford: There’s just no stopping Mohamed Salah! Egyptian king on target at Anfield again as Reds cruise to victory

The winger scored twice before Diogo Jota added a thumping third goal as Jurgen Klopp’s men bounced back after a couple of disappointing results

Mohamed Salah just loves Anfield! The prolific winger became the first player to ever score in Liverpool’s first six home games of a season in Sunday’s facile 3-0 win over Brentford as the hosts climbed to second in the Premier League standings – for the time being at least.

Salah, who has now been involved in 119 goals in his last 117 outings at Anfield, opened the scoring after taking a Darwin Nunez pass in his stride towards the tail end of the first half and then doubled the Reds’ advantage with a fine header from Kostas Tsimikas’ cut-back. Diogo Jota completed the scoring with a thumping finish from the edge of the area 16 minutes from time.

Below, 90minsoccer rates all of the Liverpool players on show as Jurgen Klopp’s men bounced back from a lucky 1-1 draw at Luton last week, and Thursday’s shock Europa League loss in Toulouse…

Goalkeeper & Defence

Alisson Becker

Made a couple of decent stops when called upon.

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Very nearly gifted Brentford a goal with a shocking pass in the first half but was very impressive going forward, playing his part in the opener, while a stunning pass deserved a better finish from Salah.

Joel Matip

Harshly booked but perhaps a tad lucky to avoid a second yellow early in the second half. A decent display but still looks like an accident waiting to happen.

Virgil van Dijk

A characteristically assured performance. Really does look to be back to something approaching his best. Indeed, he saved a certain goal with one fantastic clearance.

Kostas Tsimikas

Retained his starting spot despite giving away a goal in midweek and turned in his most impressive performance in a red shirt for some time, contributing two assists.

Midfield

Dominik Szoboszlai

One of his quieter performances since arriving during the summer.

Wataru Endo

Got a rare chance to start in the Premier League because of Alexis Mac Allister’s suspension and was good on the ball for the most part. However, a poor first touch resulted in a desperate lunge that very nearly earned him a red card.

Cody Gakpo

Once again started in midfield because of Liverpool’s injury issues but while he worked hard, and had a couple of efforts from distance, he was once again largely ineffective in a deeper role. Subbed late on.