Liverpool go top thanks to ‘Mo Salah special’ as rivals falter

Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot hailed a “Mo Salah particular” because the Egyptian ahead’s objective noticed his facet come from behind to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 and go prime of the Premier League on Saturday.

Salah secured the factors for Liverpool at Anfield to place Arne Slot’s facet two factors away from injury-hit champions Manchester Metropolis who misplaced within the league for the primary time in 11 months, happening to a shock 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth.

Finishing a dream day for Liverpool, fellow title rivals Arsenal misplaced 1-0 at Newcastle United.

Liverpool fell behind after 14 minutes in opposition to Brighton with Turkey worldwide Ferdi Kadioglu rifling in a surprising effort because the guests seized management.

Slot’s facet have been struggling to get again on stage phrases however received a break when Cody Gakpo’s 69th-minute cross went straight into the online to raise the temper.

Three minutes later Salah curled house a surprising effort from the appropriate facet of the penalty space and that proved sufficient.

“The second objective was a Mo Salah particular,” Slot informed BBC Sport. “It is not the primary and never the final time he’ll rating from that place.”

Slot has loved the most effective begin by any new Liverpool supervisor since changing Jürgen Klopp and Saturday’s victory was his facet’s thirteenth in 15 matches in all competitions.

Slot’s eight wins in his first 10 Premier League video games are additionally essentially the most ever by a Liverpool supervisor in his first 10 top-flight league video games in cost.

Whereas the defeats for Metropolis and Arsenal have been a bonus, the Dutchman mentioned he was solely involved together with his personal facet.

“Not due to these outcomes but it surely feels particular as a result of we confronted Arsenal final week who’re a really robust crew,” he mentioned.

“Right this moment we confronted the identical high quality and thought about soccer and each occasions we needed to come from behind to get a consequence. That’s what makes my day, not a lot the outcomes from different video games.”

The one adverse on the day was centre-back Ibrahima Konaté coming off at half-time with an obvious arm damage.

Konate walked off the sector grimacing in ache and utilizing his shirt as a makeshift sling for his left arm after teammate Virgil van Dijk appeared to unintentionally step on his forearm after a nook.

Slot mentioned it was too early to evaluate the severity of the damage however hoped the defender wouldn’t want a prolonged layoff.

“We do not know but. He had loads of ache, however he hasn’t been to the hospital but, and perhaps it isn’t even essential to go to the hospital, I do not know,” Slot mentioned at his post-game information convention.

“It’s all the time troublesome to guage an damage within the first hour or first 10 minutes after it occurs. Let’s hope he could be with us as quickly as potential as a result of he had a huge impact on our season till now.”

Data from Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.