Mohamed Salah cannot carry the team by himself and Kloop would bring in this player to accompany him

The Egyptian held nothing back and spoke about the performance of one of his team-mates after the win over Napoli

03/11/2022, 05:31 AM +00:00

Napoli's disallowed goal at Anfield did not open the scoring, but it did open the game. Both teams were in a hurry, and in the exchange of blows Liverpool won. Meret saved a header from Nunez in the 85th minute, but could do nothing when Salah was first to the rebound. The Egyptian scored for the fifth game in a row.

The Uruguayan struck the final blow in the eighth and final minute of stoppage time after VAR changed the referee's initial decision to disallow the goal for offside. The striker was in the right position, so he ended up scoring his sixth goal of the season. He is struggling. As much as his team's victories. Both closed the group stage with a good taste in their mouths.

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A feeling they hope to continue with after the weekend's league fixture against Tottenham. It's a real question mark given the form of Jürgen Klopp's side. "There's something about a player I played with who scored a lot more goals, certainly in his first season, we'll see what Nunez does. Fernando Torres had that physical power to break down defenders and that blistering pace, but sometimes maybe technically he wasn't the best in terms of general play, in terms of development.

Sometimes you gave the ball to Fernando, he could lose it and be a bit awkward. I think Darwin Nunez looks like that at the moment, he just reminds me of him," former England player Carragher said of Darwin. Liverpool finish the group stage with five wins and 15 points, the same as Napoli, who are top thanks to their opening-day drubbing of the Reds. Ajax, in third place, will go to the Europa League and Rangers finish bottom with zero points from six games.

We aren't doing great in the league

After starring in the 2-0 win over Napoli, Salah held nothing back and accepted that the team is performing poorly in the Premier League, something they need to improve. "We played a good game, we were quicker on the ball and recovered the ball quick too. We aren't doing great in the league, but this will push us and then hopefully we can win more."