At this moment, Mohammed Salah is the main player for Liverpool. The match against Chelsea was their first big test in the English Premier League, and it is always a difficult task to win against an in-form Premier League team like Chelsea. Yet they managed to escape with a narrow victory.
In this match, Salah once again proved that age is just a number. As the time progresses, the Egyptian king is improving his performance. We all know about the abilities of Salah. He is still one of the most dangerous left-footed right-wingers in the English Premier League.
Mohammed Salah is one of those players who needs few chances to score a goal. In the match against Chelsea, he scored a goal and provided an assist to Curtis Jones. In other words, the Egyptian winger was causing havoc on the right flank.
Salah vs. Chelsea.
Although the 32-year-old winger didn’t dribble past Malo Gusto, he was providing passes that sliced through the Chelsea defense. In the second goal, Salah provided a beautiful pass with his magical left foot, and it landed in front of the goal where Curtis Jones arrived without being marked by the opponent defenders.
Mohammed Salah is the most important player for Liverpool. Each and every counterattack goes through him. In a heat map, it was seen that Liverpool used the right flank more than the left one. According to Premierleague.com, Kelleher was frequently providing long passes to Mohammed Salah. The 32-year-old is a versatile attacker who always provides a goalscoring threat to the opponent.
After conceding one goal, Chelsea defenders became nervous and were making bad decisions at the back. Arne Slot utilized this opportunity. Whenever Levi Colwill and Tosin were making clearances, then Liverpool midfielders were always winning the second ball. Then they were converting it into an attacking transition.
That is how Liverpool outplayed Chelsea’s overloaded high press.
Liverpool and their ambition
This season, Liverpool are looking for a potential title contender. Till now, they have lost a single game, and that was against Nottingham Forest. This indicates that low-block defense is also effective against Liverpool because Nottingham Forest play in that way.
At this moment, Liverpool are delivering flawless performances. If they can maintain their performance with consistency, no one can beat them in the title race. Although it is too early to predict these things, the performances and stats don’t lie. At the beginning of this season, everyone was thinking that Arsenal and Manchester City would be competing for the Premier League title.
But Liverpool appeared out of nowhere and surprised the entire football community. In the meantime, some cracks have been seen in the Arsenal squad because some of their players are unavailable due to injury. On top of that, they lost against AFC Bournemouth and lost 3 valuable points.
It can be said that the gunners are left behind in the title race. At this moment, they have collected 17 points. On the other hand, Liverpool are sitting at the top of the table with five more points. Although a 5-point gap is not a massive difference in the English Premier League, it seems that Liverpool are not willing to give up the points so cheaply.
On the other hand, Manchester City are in turmoil as Pep Guardiola has decided to leave City at the end of this season. This is certainly not good news for the Cityzens. After dominating the league for a couple of years, he will set his foot out of England. This will be a massive opportunity for other teams to win the Premier League.
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