Despite being the eventual match-winner, Salah’s effort against Everton was far from memorable. Despite this, the Egyptian ended up scoring the game’s only two goals.
Micah Richards of 5 Live’s The Monday Night Club said last night regarding Salah that it’s’staggering’ how Liverpool’s No.11 can still score so well after playing so poorly.
“How good is Mo Salah, seriously!?” exclaimed the former Manchester City defender. “The other day, he played one of the worst games I’ve ever seen him play.”
“He was trying to take people on, but it wasn’t working. His dribbling wasn’t great, and his runs weren’t really coming off.” But then he hammers the penalty home with all the confidence in the world.
“On the counter-attack, he’s just so composed in front of goal.” It’s mind-boggling how good he is in front of goal. I just believe he’s an exceptional player for not playing good and finding the net like he does.
“He’s so consistent with scoring goals, even when he’s not playing his best every week.” What a performer.”
Salah continues to find the net
Salah would have been a favorite against Everton on Saturday, given his recent form.
The £34m man has a fantastic record against Liverpool’s local rivals, as he does against most Premier League opponents. But, as Richards puts it, it just wasn’t working out for him during the weekend.
Mo, who was always so scary even when he wasn’t all that active, didn’t seem to be making anything happen at any moment.
And then, in an instant, he’s added two more goals to his Liverpool tally, which is currently only six goals shy of 200.
Of course, the fact that Salah was given the chance to strike from the penalty spot helped. That was his only chance of opening the score with the manner he was playing.
However, as we’ve seen a few times recently, his bad performance could have hampered his precision from 12 yards. Everton had no such luck; it was one of the most calmly executed penalties we’ll see all season.
Then, with Darwin Nunez laying him in unselfishly, Mo retained his cool to finish beautifully on the counter-attack. The distinction between good and great players is that exceptional players make a difference even when they are below-par. Fortunately, we have one of the best donning Liverpool red.