Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah produced large performances within the 2-0 win over Man Metropolis, exhibiting why they continue to be as influential as ever.
The Reds gained their most necessary match of the season to this point, overcoming an under-fire Metropolis aspect on Sunday afternoon.
Cody Gakpo tapped house from Salah’s go to open the scoring, earlier than the Egyptian discovered the online from the penalty spot.
It means Liverpool are 9 factors away from Arsenal and Chelsea on the prime of the Premier League, with followers dreaming of title glory.
Right here we examine our participant rankings with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and NBC Sports activities.
Van Dijk (8.5) and Salah (8.5) shared prime marks, proving to be males for the large event but once more.
The 2 Liverpool legends had been imperious in their very own proper, with Van Dijk producing a masterful centre-back efficiency.
The 33-year-old didn’t give Erling Haaland a sniff all afternoon, making a game-high 13 defensive actions per FotMob.
As for Salah, it was yet one more aim and help, taking his tally to 11 and 7 within the Premier League this season respectively.
Liverpool’s No. 11 “dominated” Nathan Ake, in accordance with the Echo‘s Ian Doyle, whereas Henry Jackson known as him “the most effective participant within the Premier League/Europe/World” in This Is Anfield‘s rankings.
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Gakpo (8.3) acquired the second-highest rating, as he netted his sixth aim in his final seven appearances for the Reds.
NBC Sports activities’ Joe Prince-Wright felt that the Dutchman gave Kyle Walker “an terrible time,” with GOAL’s Richie Mills describing it as “a superb show.”
Dominik Szoboszlai (8.2) was one other who excelled towards Metropolis, exhibiting why Arne Slot opted to begin him over Curtis Jones.
Doyle praised the Hungarian’s potential to “set the tempo early on,” in a high-octane show from him all through.
The bottom score of the night went to Andy Robertson (7.4) however he had a great sport, with Prince-Wright feeling he was “strong and regular as ever.”
