Salah helps Liverpool to crush Southampton



[ad_1]

(Reuters) – Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah scored his first league goal on Aug. 25 as the Reds defeated Southampton 3-0 to win six of six Premier League wins ahead of Chelsea on Saturday.

Soccer Football – Premier League – Liverpool – Southampton – Anfield, Liverpool, Great Britain – September 22, 2018 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates his third goal REUTERS / Phil Noble

Wesley Hoedt's goal sparked the visitors' misery in the 10th minute as Xherdan Shaqiri's Shaher Long shot into the net of Dutch Saints defender Joel Matip and made it two with a header of 11 minutes. later.

Salesian striker Salah, who failed to score in his last two league games, offered Shaqiri a free kick that came back from the first quarter of the season.

Southampton failed to make a strong come-back after the break and the result leaves them languishing at mid-table, while Liverpool's perfect record puts them in the lead with 18 points, two more than Chelsea who heads to West Ham United Sunday.

Report by Philip O & # 39; Connor; Editing by Ken Ferris

Our standards:The Trusted Principles of Thomson Reuters.
[ad_2]
Source link