Premier Lague: Salah’s brace and Jota’s strike see Liverpool beat Brentford
Mohamed Salah scored a brace as Liverpool moved up to second in the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Brentford at Anfield.
Liverpool’s latest signing, Mohamed Salah, has got a thumbs-up from former Reds forward Craig Bellamy, as he believes the Egyptian winger is an ‘intelligent signing’ and will be a hit at Anfield in the 2017-18 season.
“I remember watching him when he was at Basel and he looked a very good player,” the 37-year-old Bellamy was quoted as saying by the club website.
“He deservedly got his move to Chelsea, it didn’t quite work out for him there, but his spell at Roma was very, very good. He has pace to burn and looks to go in behind, which is what Liverpool need, and hopefully he’ll work out to be a very good signing.”
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Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho were, for the majority of last season, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s first-choice attack trio.
They finished the campaign with a total of 39 goals between them, and Bellamy sees Salah – who netted 29 times in 65 Serie A games for Roma – as a player able to provide the Reds with additional threat up front.
“What I like about him is that he’s always looking to get beyond and get behind the full-back and that’s really what they need,” an excited Bellamy gushed.
While he believes the Brazilian duo of Coutinho and Firmino are great on the ball, it is Mane and Salah’s pure pace to get behind defences which will really benefit Liverpool.
“Coutinho, Firmino, they come towards the ball a lot, which is great because they’re excellent players and they make things happen, but you need runners.
“Mane made such a big difference because he was always looking to go in behind, so for me it’s an intelligent signing, a signing of the type of player they really need at this moment,” Bellamy added.
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