Salah scored a hat-trick for Liverpool in their 4-3 win against Leeds at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday evening.
The 28-year-old Egypt international forward – who cost the Reds £36.9 million in transfer fees when they signed him from AS Roma in the summer of 2017, as reported by The Guardian – was pleased with the final result, and he was very impressed with the display produced by the West Yorkshire club.
Liverpool’s official website quotes Salah as saying: “Without fans it’s so tough – especially at Anfield, everybody knows that. But it’s a good start for us. A tough team, they press high as well, so the intensity was really high. We had a good game.
“We shouldn’t have conceded three but this is the game, we have to react for that and we did a good job. It’s a tough team, to be fair. They had a great game. There’s no fans but they play, they react really well and they scored three goals against us – that’s huge.
“I’m happy about the result and we have to keep on improving and try not to concede as many goals.”
Stats
Over the course of the 90 minutes at Anfield on Saturday evening, hosts Liverpool had 48% of the possession, took 22 shots of which six were on target, and earned nine corners, according to BBC Sport.
Visitors Leeds had 52% of the possession, took six shots of which three were on target, and failed to earn a single corner, according to BBC Sport.
According to WhoScored, Salah took nine shots of which three were on target, played four key passes, had a pass accuracy of 80.4%, took 87 touches, attempted seven dribbles, and made two tackles.
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