Belfast Telegraph

Arne Slot salutes Mohamed Salah after scoring 250th Liverpool goal

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We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.It has been a difficult start to the season for Salah, who was gifted his goal having been presented with an empty net after a rogue Martinez pass, but he became just the third Reds player to score 250 for the club, following in the footsteps of Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.“That’s almost unbelievable. If you score 250 goals, it is already unbelievable, let alone for one club,” Slot said.“You don’t see that much in football anymore.“And I think, apart from the goal he scored tonight, he had a very good performance.We need your consent to load this Social Media content.



We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.“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.“This combination of things led to the fact that I liked his performance tonight.“And of course, it’s special for him to score his 250th. If you’re leading the table with 15 games to go, you feel pressure.“And if you are in the run of form that we were in, you feel the pressure.“But I’ve always felt the support of the fans as long as I’m here, and also in the recent results, I have never felt that there was anything less than it was before.”We need your consent to load this Social Media content.

We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.Villa hit the woodwork twice inside the opening 20 minutes and things might have been different had one of those efforts gone in, but their four-match winning run ended partly because of Martinez’s gaffe.Boss Unai Emery said: “We try to play with personality through our structures and through our rules.“It was easy for Salah. I accept it.Aston Villa manager Unai Emery rued the costly mistake for Liverpool’s opener (Peter Byrne/PA)“We build the team here through the style we want to keep in our process in the club and our next matches.“Of course, we must avoid huge mistakes like today.