Slot defies doubters as Liverpool & Salah deliver season's 'best performance'
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"Not only did we play the perfect game from start to finish but our fans did as well." Image: Mohamed Salah is hugged by Dominik Szoboszlai after scoring Liverpool's fourth goal against Galatasaray Boos after the draw with Spurs painted a dreary picture for the rest of Liverpool's season. Report: Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1)Liverpool news & transfers🔴 | Liverpool fixtures & scoresDownload the Sky Sports app | Watch free Premier League higlights It was the perfect night for Slot capped by Mohamed Salah delivering his best performance of the season by overcoming a first-half penalty miss to scoring two goals and set up another, becoming the first African player to hit 50 Champions League goals.
Image: Mohamed Salah is hugged by Dominik Szoboszlai after scoring Liverpool's fourth goal against Galatasaray "It says a lot about him that after you miss a penalty just before half-time as that can sometimes be hard for an individual or for a team," said Slot."We have had a lot of setbacks this season, a lot of first halves or second halves where we have created chance after chance after chance without doing justice to how we have performed - so not scoring."And then Mo and the team came out in the second half the way they did; he assisted Hugo, a great assist, and then scored a trademark goal that he has scored so many times in this stadium and for this club, cutting inside, finding the corner."So that tells you a lot about his mental strength but definitely also of the team, because adversity is something we can definitely talk about in this season."Slot's departure from Jurgen Klopp's heavy metal football in search of greater control has been a problem this season. It doesn't matter if we play 8pm in the Champions League at Anfield."Liverpool's best nights do tend to come in the Champions League at Anfield.
The test for Slot's side, and perhaps a good measure for what we can expect for the remainder of the season, will be at Brighton on Saturday lunchtime.Champions League qualificaiton through the league is still very much in Liverpool's grasp. If Liverpool, and Salah, can keep this up, you know better than to write Liverpool off in the Champions League.Analysis: Liverpool upped the tempo Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was thrilled with his side's performance as they thrashed Galatasaray 4-0 to book a Champions League quarter-final meeting with Paris Saint-Germain.