1 Salah firing on all cylinders once more
From touchline handbags in London with his manager a week ago to this: an individual performance of verve and efficiency to go with collective success, Mohamed Salah smiling once again. Much has been written and said about the Egyptian forward, of his recent struggles, future and behaviour. But a career as storied as his requires him to put aside the noise and go again, an internal wiring that is present among only the best.
Salah was electric against Tottenham, striking the bar with a cross-turned-shot and forcing a strong save from Guglielmo Vicario inside the first 10 minutes. The post was struck not long after, though the offside flag went up too, and then came the goal just 16 minutes in, masterful movement at the far post preceding a clinical header. He was present in the build-up to Liverpool’s other three goals, allowing Jürgen Klopp a gorgeous afternoon of Anfield sunshine and fist pumps as that final goodbye inches closer. Taha Hashim
Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham
2 City penalty adds to O’Neil ire
If there is a purpose to Gary O’Neil’s rants against referees beyond releasing his own anger, it is surely, on the old Sir Alex Ferguson principle, to place a doubt in the referee’s subconscious, to make them think: “Am I really sure about this? I don’t want him raging at me.” It hasn’t worked. Perhaps arguing that a player standing two feet in front of an opposing goalkeeper isn’t interfering – as he did after the West Ham game, costing him a touchline ban and an £8,000 fine – isn’t the best way to make his case, but Saturday brought the total of extremely soft penalties given against Wolves this season to three.
Rayan Aït-Nouri’s attempt to reach Bernardo Silva’s cross was
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