Gary Neville: Liverpool owe Mohamed Salah a title race | Jamie Carragher: Harvey Elliott & Dominik Szoboszlai can hold fort
The MNF pundits underline the importance of Mohamed Salah, with Gary Neville saying his team-mates must step up while he's at the Africa Cup of Nations to keep the Reds in the Premier League title race, and Jamie Carragher picking out two players who could fill his spot while he's away
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Tuesday 2 January 2024 00:05, UK
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Mohamed Salah scored twice and set up another as Liverpool beat Newcastle 4-2 on Monday Night Football — but he now goes away to the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt. His team-mates must ensure Liverpool are still in the title race when he returns, says Gary Neville
The Reds moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League with the win over Newcastle, with a five-point gap on Man City, who have a game in hand, and Arsenal, two of their main rivals for the crown.
Salah has played a big role in Liverpool's run to the top of the table, with 14 goals and eight assists to his name from 20 appearances this season.
But now the pressure is on fellow attackers Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo to pick up the burden while Salah is away on international duty in January. That trio have just 13 Premier League goals between them.
«In the first half against Newcastle, you wondered whether it was going to be similar to the Manchester United game a couple of weeks ago where they had 30-odd shots in that match and couldn't score a goal but they were far better tonight,» said Neville, on the Gary Neville Podcast after the match.
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«On the flipside of it, Liverpool have got great options up top and they've got one star player who connects it all together in Mohamed
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