Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis 

#2 Salah silences his big game doubters

Salah rose to the occasion

Over the course of the season, a lot of criticism has been aimed at Salah for his inability to turn up in the big games. A tally of a solitary goal against the ‘Big Six’ didn’t particularly help his case. However, come Liverpool’s biggest game of the season, the Egyptian rose to the occasion and quelled the nit-picking to a great extent.

From the outset, the forward looked sharp. His movement was exemplary and he drifted in-field to keep Emerson honest. Moreover, he ran in behind the Chelsea defence and caused the visitors’ rear-guard all sorts of problems. Yet, he failed to conjure an end-product in the first half.

His moment of reckoning though, arrived in the 53rd minute. After receiving a pass from Van Dijk, the Egyptian cut inside his man and unleashed a rocket into the far corner. Salah had a part to play in the first goal too as it was his initial run that opened up Chelsea on the right flank.

Before the game at Anfield, Chelsea fans hurled a lot of inexplicable abuse at the forward. Yet, the Egyptian answered those choice remarks on the field with aplomb. The forward has certainly not hit the dizzying heights he set last season. But, when push came to shove on Sunday, Liverpool’s Egyptian god stood up amidst the ruins.