Talk of Mohamed Salah’s imminent, if not necessary, demise from the Liverpool squad is more inopportune than ever as he led the Reds to a 4-2 win over Tottenham on Sunday.
The Egyptian scored the first goal as Spurs were dismantled at Anfield, with Andrew Robertson, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott on the scoresheet.
The visitors, who made the rare decision to play with a more defensive three-man midfield, seemed to adapt well, but Liverpool were on their feet from the moment Salah hit the crossbar with a soggy cross seven minutes later.
Moments later, Salah saw the effort stored through Guglielmo Vicario before Cristian Romero propelled Elliott’s follow-up to the goal line.
The Reds were leading in the 16th minute when Emerson Royal lost track of Salah and went home with a delightful cross from Gakpo, with Vicario’s weak arm.
Salah tormented the substitute left-back all afternoon in a display that will have convinced all the sceptics of his desire, following Jurgen Klopp’s crisis at West Ham, as well as all the sceptics of his abilities, amid the headlines of the experts loyal to this summer is supposedly the best time to leave for Saudi Arabia.
Tottenham failed to deliver a convincing reaction and rightly lost two goals before the break when Robertson popped up in the box to feed Salah, and received a touch after beating the idle visitors’ defence on his teammate’s rebound.
Gakpo rewarded his delightful assist with a cross from Elliott after the break, which the Dutch striker drove in to make it three.
Elliott then came into the picture with the group’s pick, moving down the right flank to score a 25-yard shot into the most sensitive corner.
Admittedly, Spurs boosted the numbers and tried to play their own game with 4 goals less (possibly more than at any other time) and ruined Liverpool’s blank sheet with Richarlison’s delayed goal from the bench. Heung-min Son’s arrival in the 77th minute threatened a wonderful comeback, but it proved to be little more than a footnote in the Liverpool era.
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