The Egypt global has enjoyed a dream debut campaign at Anfield, becoming the first man to reach the 30-goal mark for the Reds since Luis Suarez.
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It was their 17th game unbeaten in all competitions and briefly moved them ahead of Liverpool.
It was the ideal warm-up for Tottenham’s Champions League last 16 second leg against Juventus on Wednesday, with the tie delicately poised at 2-2.
“We can’t say “now we pick this and rest him”. I am expecting the likes of Salah and Mane to feature on the bench since there is no need to risk these players when the team is winning by 5 goals. He’s settled down quickly and been ruthless, which is a credit to the players around him but also the club.
“A thought I had today was, can they win the Champions League?” the former Arsenal man said on the BBC’s Final Score programme. He’s a big part of that. One such player is Adam Lallana, who has had a season to forget so far thanks to a long injury layoff.
In particular, the first Liverpool goal scorer, Mohammed Salah, was something of a formality as the Egyptian scored for the seventh consecutive game.
Next up for Liverpool FC is the return leg of their Champions League last 16 clash against FC Porto at Anfield on Tuesday night.
“You don’t rotate to avoid something, you only use the players which are in the best shape”. Chances are Klopp might name the same or a similar line-up to the one which started against Newcastle on Saturday.
Arsenal is in sixth place and destined for another year out of the UCL, unless it can win the Europa League to earn a direct passage to Europe’s top competition.
“I think it is a really interesting football project at the moment”.
“He has had a few good games – that’s good for us”.
Liverpool travel to Old Trafford in a crucial fixture in their race for the top four on Saturday but it does not appear that Klopp will rest many of his key men.
“So we have to use our situation, we can come close and when you can come closer you can overtake – not only a auto but a football club”. “We’re improving all the time as a team and moving forward”. In Portugal we’ve got the best defence and the best attack. That maturity is coming through.
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To give some context, Pogba averages 1.3 tackles a game, and Liverpool’s two centre backs, Lovren and Van Dijk, average 1.0 and 1.1 tackles a game respectively. We’re lucky to have a good dressing room.
