Mohamed Salah of Liverpool. (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott have responded to questions posed to them on their futures – delivering attention-grabbing solutions.
After the Reds’ 2-1 win over Lille within the Champions League, each males had been quizzed by reporters about their futures.
Elliott has been linked with a move away in the summer, with Newcastle beforehand linked. When requested if he may see himself depart, the teenager replied through TNT Sports: “It’s fairly clear… I’m not leaving. “That is my workforce, that is my membership!”
In the meantime, Salah, who’s out of contract in June and linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, was a bit extra coy than his team-mate. After his fiftieth European objective for the Merseyside membership, he was requested if he may ship one other 50. He replied: “I’m not positive about that however I’ll give it my greatest.”
He additionally mentioned: “Hopefully I’m not the final one. I wasn’t centered on the report earlier than the sport. It’s one thing I’m very blissful and pleased with, particularly as a result of we received the sport, that’s a very powerful factor.
“Lille had a extremely good sport plan, they had been unbeaten for 21 video games and had been a troublesome workforce. They confirmed that within the first half and second half, so I’ll give them credit score, however I’m glad we managed to win.”
Liverpool proceed Champions League dominance
The Reds’ victory over Lille at Anfield strengthened their maintain on first place within the Champions League group stage. It’s also their seventh consecutive win within the competitors.
Salah opened the scoring within the first half to Arne Slot’s facet the benefit. Nevertheless, Lille managed a to search out an equaliser by means of Jonathan David shortly after being decreased to 10 males following Aissa Mandi’s crimson card. However decisive second got here when Harvey Elliott’s deflected shot secured the win for Liverpool.
Barcelona’s thrilling 5-4 win towards Benfica means Liverpool nonetheless want a single level to ensure high spot. Nevertheless, with a powerful 21 factors from seven matches, no workforce can surpass their tally.
Liverpool can now head into their ultimate sport towards PSV figuring out a draw will suffice to progress.
