Michael Owen has claimed that Mo Salah was ‘frustrated’ with Joel Matip moments before he scored for Liverpool on Sunday, as he told Premier League Productions (12/09/21 at 6:45 pm).
It was Matip’s surging run from deep that resulted in the centre-back playing a one-two with the Liverpool speedster, before playing it out wide and Alexander-Arnold then laid the ball on a plate for Salah to score.
But when Salah initially played the one-two with Matip, it seemed as though he wanted the Liverpool defender to play a through ball to him.
And Owen noticed Salah’s brilliant reaction to not getting the ball the first time, before he did what he does best, and that’s putting the ball into the back of the net.
“I think this was one of his easier ones,” said Owen. “I think with Joel Matip, he was frustrated at him when he didn’t play him the ball to start with and he threw his arms up as well because he wasn’t too happy.
“But it was one of his easier finishes. He can score so many types of goals. 100 Premier League goals for Liverpool, it is some achievement.”
Both Matip and Salah have been standout performers for Liverpool this season and Jurgen Klopp is breathing easy now he has his defence back.
It’s interesting that Klopp has opted to pair Matip alongside Virgil van Dijk and not Joe Gomez or new boy, Ibrahima Konate.
With Konate, he has just walked through the doors, so he will perhaps have to wait a little longer for those regular minutes.
But Gomez has previously been a regular and it will be interesting to see how he earns his minutes this season.
Perhaps via the Champions League is the way it will be done for the Englishman because the games for the Reds are now going to come thick and fast.
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