Step up Mo Salah. Criticised by some for not always taking his chances you always have the hope he can create something out of nothing. And he did just that, somehow managing to round Harry Magiure and his massive head, Mo secured three points.
Salah will get the plaudits but the improvement in Liverpool’s desire and mind-set has been more impressive for me. Often accused of being too soft or nice it’s nice to see us adopting some of those shithouse tactics for a change. And I don’t mean throwing arms around like Ashley Young and being a meff in general.
The time wasting, the ???professional fouls’ and slowing the game down when opponents are chasing the game. We weren’t doing that a few months ago and it cost us. Joe Gomez did it against Burnley, we lost possession and he more or less threw a player to the ground to concede a free kick on the half way line. Trent let his man get the better of him and clattered into him. Good. More of that please.
And that’s why the Leicester and Burnley games show sign of improvement for me. We just need to continue to do it on a regular basis when the situation arises. Pair it with the never say die attitude of Klopp and his players and we will continue to grind out results and break down these sides.
Liverpool could have resigned themselves to a draw against both sides, heads could have dropped but they fought physically and mentally to get much needed results.
You can see the team spirit and emotion that over flowed during both fixtures, whilst it’s not good for the old ticker getting these results from these performances will ultimately help us achieve a Champions League spot for a second successive season.
It will also give tremendous belief and confidence to the players knowing they’ve done it before so they can do it again.
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