Curtis Jones sends instant reminder to Liverpool fans after Mo Salah comments
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After the sweetest of long-range assists, Curtis Jones could not wait to catch up with Mohamed Salah. He joined Salah on the hoardings in a sit-down celebration before hauling his team-mate to his feet and theatrically pointing at Liverpool ’s jewel.
As if there was a soul inside Anfield who did not know it, Jones was reminding them of the identity of this team’s main man. He might also have been telling Salah that he really does like him as much as, if not more than, he liked Eden Hazard. (Jones had suggested to Rio Ferdinand that Hazard was his favourite, apparently.).
Either way, the smile on Salah’s face told you he appreciated the gesture. If this, indeed, Salah’s last season at Anfield, he is getting a lot of love on his way out. As it happened, Salah’s latest strike was not the decisive one - it was cancelled out by a Jonathan David equaliser in the second half - but it set the tone for yet another Champions League win for Arne Slot ’s side.
Slot made a couple of changes that might have been seen as resting key men but Liverpool’s relatively clean bit of health and strength in depth means that the odd alteration is never going to impact their efficiency. And that is the trademark of this Liverpool team. Efficiency.
Slot has an outstanding group of players but it is also a group of players that tends to get the job done even if there is a struggle for fluency. There was certainly a struggle for fluency in the first half-hour of this match, Salah’s consistently errant passing typical of proceedings.
