- Arne Slot hailed Mohamed Salah after continued his scoring run on Sunday
- Nonetheless, the Egyptian star remained coy on his contract state of affairs with Liverpool
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Arne Slot hailed ‘extraordinary’ Mohamed Salah after he took his purpose tally to twenty for the eighth successive season.
Salah, who mentioned a brand new contract was ‘distant’, scored one and assisted one other as five-star Liverpool thrashed West Ham to finish 2024 on a excessive and prolong their lead on the prime of the Premier League.
Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota additionally scored within the 5-0 rout to pile strain on Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui.
And Slot mentioned: ‘Mo and the phrase extraordinary is one thing I’ve heard loads within the final six months — he actually deserves this.
‘We all know what a participant he’s and we all know what he is in a position to do. However other than that, he works actually arduous for the crew additionally when the opposite crew has the ball and yeah, we are able to solely hope that he can preserve bringing these performances in.
‘However I wish to add that if he scores, there’s additionally a lead as much as him scoring. So there are additionally different gamers that convey him in these positions, however when you convey Mo in these positions, he is extraordinary. Positively.’
Arne Slot labelled Mohamed Salah ‘extraordinary’ after he scored once more in opposition to West Ham
The Egyptian has logged probably the most objectives (17) and assists (13) within the Premier League this season
Liverpool moved eight factors away from Nottingham Forest in second place after their 5-0 win
Salah is in fact out of contract on the finish of this season and when requested about this, he mentioned: ‘We’re distant from that. I do not need to put one thing within the media and folks begin saying issues.’
In the meantime, Hammers boss Lopetegui was annoyed after his aspect succumbed to the leaders to finish a good run of outcomes over the Christmas interval.
The Spaniard mentioned: ‘We didn’t compete as we have been considering to right now or because the opponent Liverpool calls for. Right this moment has been a troublesome day for us.’
The one damaging for Liverpool was when defender Joe Gomez went down injured and needed to be substituted within the first half.
Gomez informed reporters after the sport that it was a hamstring harm and Liverpool will await information on the severity of the blow with scans within the subsequent 24 hours. Fellow defender Ibrahima Konate can be injured and is hoping to step up his restoration within the coming week or so.
