Paul Merson has said on SportsKeeda that he was right about playing Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino together.
The former Arsenal star believes that Salah and Firmino combined well during Liverpool’s win against Manchester City at Anfield in the Premier League this past weekend.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool got the better of Pep Guardiola’s City 1-0 at hme.
Egypt international forward Salah scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute.
Salah and Firmino both started, and Merson believes that his opinion that the £34 million (BBC Sport) Egyptian plays better with the £29 million (BBC Sport) Brazilian in the team is right.
Paul Merson on Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino
Merson wrote: “I did tell you that Mohamed Salah was going to be a better player with Firmino in the team, didn’t I? How many runs did make from the outside to the inside yesterday? It worked a treat.”
In form
In our view, both Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino are in form now, and the £63 million Liverpool duo will be massive in the Reds’ quest to be successful in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League this season.
Salah is back among the goals, and Firmino is playing well and looks to be back to his best.
The Brazilian forward has scored six goals and provided three assists in the league and has scored two goals and given one assists in the Champions League.
Salah has scored three goals and given
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