Liverpool boss Arne Slot hailed the work ethic of Mohamed Salah after the Egypt ahead scored within the 2-1 win over Arsenal in Philadelphia final night time and declared his aspect are “on target”.
Salah opened the scoring within the thirteenth minute at Lincoln Monetary Discipline with Fabio Carvalho doubling Liverpool’s lead 21 minutes later.
Kai Havertz pulled one again for Mikel Arteta’s males earlier than half-time however Arsenal had been unable to seek out an equaliser as the sport grew to become disjointed because of a raft of substitutions.
Salah was a type of to make approach with 10 minutes to go however not earlier than impressing Slot.
The Dutchman stated: “He has [been a role model] however I don’t suppose he’s been that only for this season, I believe he has been that for a number of seasons.
“He got here again actually match however I’ve been informed that’s regular for him. But when I solely use Mo for example I cannot be truthful to the others as a result of the others are robust and match as properly.
“One of many fundamental issues till now’s that every one the boys are match and we’ve got no accidents in any respect. We hope we are able to proceed like this and that their health ranges go up.
“We felt at this time how laborious and difficult it’s to play towards a crew that wishes to press us excessive, so we must be actually match and we’re engaged on this. We’re on target.”
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Arsenal dominated for lengthy intervals however Slot was happy along with his gamers’ dedication to getting the win.
He added: “Regardless that it’s a pleasant you at all times need to win.
“It’s good that we did that at this time however I’m extra happy with how we did so. Within the second half, we had a tough time [coping] with Arsenal, they dominated possession however we defended rather well with loads of our bodies behind the ball.
“They didn’t create too many clear-cut possibilities within the second half.”
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