Mohamed Salah signed off in model in Liverpool’s 4-2 win at residence to Newcastle, standing out as his aspect’s greatest participant in a Premier League thriller.
The Reds host the Magpies on New 12 months’s Day, trying to get 2024 off to an ideal begin and pull additional clear on the prime of the desk.
Salah missed a penalty within the first half, however Jurgen Klopp‘s aspect took the lead by way of the Egyptian, previous to Alexander Isak equalising.
Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo put Liverpool 3-1 up, however Sven Botman pulled a aim again, earlier than Salah accomplished the scoring from the penalty spot.
Right here we evaluate our participant rankings with these of the Liverpool Echo, Objective, FotMob and This Is Anfield’s readers.
Shining essentially the most for Liverpool towards Newcastle was Salah (8.3), who confirmed simply how a lot the Reds will miss him for the remainder of January.
The 31-year-old scored twice and bagged an help, and he constantly brought about Newcastle‘s defenders nightmares together with his dribbling and motion.
Ian Doyle of the Echo targeted on Salah’s creativity over his targets, saying he laid on the third aim for Gakpo in “excellent vogue”.
TIA’s James Nalton felt he “greater than made up for his early miss and wastefulness”, as he loved an important outing within the closing match earlier than he heads off for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Luis Diaz (7.6) was in second place, following one in every of his greatest performances in numerous months.
The Colombian was a menace all night and noticed one aim chalked off for offside, with Objective’s Patrick Rowe describing him as “a vivid spark” for the hosts.
Subsequent up was Wataru Endo (7.5), as he once more shone on the base of midfield, maintaining issues ticking over properly.
The 30-year-old accomplished 91 p.c of his passes, in accordance with FotMob, and he additionally made two interceptions and three recoveries.
Not each Liverpool participant shone on the evening, nevertheless, with Alisson (6.4) and Darwin Nunez (6.4) sharing the bottom rating.
In equity to the previous, he might do little about both aim, however Doyle stated that the latter was a “actual combined bag” at Anfield.
