Jurgen Klopp says “things are clicking again” for Mohamed Salah after he scored twice in Liverpool’s 3-1 win against West Ham.
Liverpool produced a dominant performance at the London Stadium, monopolising possession and limiting their hosts to a handful of chances. The Reds had to wait until the second half to open the scoring but, given the quality of their goals, it was worth it.
Salah made it 1-0 on the 57-minute mark, making space for himself with a trademark shimmy before curling into the far corner. His second, just over 10 minutes later, was absolutely sublime and has to go down as a goal of the season contender.
From a West Ham corner, Trent Alexander-Arnold pinged a cross-field pass to Xherdan Shaqiri in space. Shaqiri found Salah with a looping through-ball and he dinked Lukasz Fabianski beautifully. It was a two-pass move of devastating simplicity, in stark contrast to the intricate weave of passing which ended with Georginio Wijnaldum making it 3-0 late in the game.
Despite Craig Dawson’s late consolation, Klopp was delighted with Liverpool’s performance and reserved high praise for Salah’s efforts.
“He scored a goal against Tottenham [in the midweek] which didn’t count, I know that, but it was a brilliant goal… that, for sure, was a good sign for him that a couple of things are clicking again,” Klopp said afterwards.
“Tonight he played a super game. He was really in the game, really flexible, all these kinds of things, [he] kept the ball, his passing was good and, in the end, his controlling of the game was really good.
“His first goal was a super smart goal… I think Fabianski couldn’t see the ball really because the box was full and he chipped it just in the far corner. Super smart.
“The second goal, what a counter-attack. Two passes until Mo got the ball, the last pass was spectacular from Shaq, Mo’s first touch was outstanding, world-class and then a nice finish. Top game, top goals.”
David Moyes, meanwhile, admitted that West Ham had been outplayed by their opponents.
“I thought we competed as well as we could, but I didn’t think we played as well as we could,” he said.
“We tried to compete with a really good team, but they were just too strong for us today.
“We’ve been on a great run, the players have done really well and we came into the game really confident, feeling that we had a chance to get something […] and play well. But Liverpool made it very difficult for us.”
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