Arne Slot makes 'huge' Mohamed Salah admission and praises 'outstanding' Liverpool team-mate
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Arne Slot reacts to Mohamed Salah scoring his 250th Liverpool goal as the Premier League champions beat Aston Villa 2-0 at AnfieldArne Slot says it's "almost unbelievable" that Mohamed Salah has been good enough to score 250 Liverpool goals. It comes after the Egyptian reached the milestone in Saturday's 2-0 win over Aston Villa.The defending champions ended a losing run of four Premier League games with victory over with Salah opening the scoring at the end of the first period following a mistake from goalkeeper Emi Martinez, who gifted the Reds forward possession when trying to play out from the back.Ryan Gravenberch scored Liverpool's second goal shortly before the hour mark to give them a much-needed success ahead of a week that sees them entertain Real Madrid in the Champions League before a trip to Manchester City.READ MORE: What Arne Slot thought of Liverpool chants in Aston Villa win - 'They don't forget'READ MORE: Mohamed Salah makes honest Liverpool admission after landmark goal in vital victorySpeaking after the game, Slot was full of praise for Salah and the latest record as he became just the third player in Anfield history to reach 250 goals, after Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.“It is huge," the Reds head coach said.
"It’s almost unbelievable he has scored 250 goals at one club. When we had to play long we played mainly long towards him and he could hold the ball and because of that the rest of the team could come to him and we could keep playing."What I also liked is that he didn’t only do his offensive work really well, but he helped the team out defensively as well."After the 1-0 he was helping Virgil (van Dijk) around the halfway line and this combination of things led to me liking his performance tonight.
It’s special for him to score 250 but for him to score is not special as we always know he will score."On Salah's growing relationship with Conor Bradley, who started at right-back once more, Slot added: “The more players play together, the better they will be. When you are 3-1 down and you do the same and it doesn’t lead to a chance or a goal, people get more annoyed.“You can’t compare a game where you are 2-0 up and one where you are 3-1 down when it comes to control.“We prefer to see us being 2-0 up and having a bit more control.