Mohammad Salah finally has started to get back into his groove as he netted a brace in Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Red Star Belgrade. Salah thus reached a tally of 50 goals for Liverpool with this performance in Group C of the Champions League.
The other two goal-scorers were his forward partners-Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
The tall Brazilian fired in Liverpool’s opener when he received a ball from Andy Robertson in the 20th minute.
A penalty which was won by Mane was made use of Salah to bag his first goal of the match in the 51st minute. But Xherdan Shaqiri–Liverpool’s new signing this season proved to be a strong candidate for the playing XI in the Premier League as his through ball to Robertson led to Firmino scoring the first goal. He made his comeback to the squad with his 13th goal in the 18 Champions League matches he played for the Reds.
Liverpool never really looked like giving away a goal but for once when Red Star Belgrade’s Srdan Babic’s shot which went over the post from a set-piece.
After a slump in form where they played out draws against Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League before going down 0-1 to Napoli.