Mohamed Salah believes that Liverpool's ability to win without playing is the characteristic of champions, after they have fought back to beat Southampton 3-1 in Anfield.
The leaders of the Premier League move 16 points free from the second place Arsenal on Saturday, with Salah two second half scored fines while the Reds destroyed a 1-0 half-time shortage.
While Arsenal still has two games in hand, against Manchester United on Sunday and Chelsea next week, the side of Arne Slot now needs only 16 further points to complete the title.
After the game, Salah was asked if Liverpool had shown the quality of champions and he told Premier League productions: “Yes, because I don't think we played well today.
“Maybe we played a little better in the second half, but [in the] The first half we didn't play well at all. But if you want to win the Champions League or the Premier League, you have to win those competitions. “
Asked which lock had said to the players during the break, Salah added: “There was a bit of frustration. The manager, his head. He went for us!
“But that's something you sometimes need, because [in the] The first half was the game sloppy. We were just slow and took our time and in the last minute they managed to continue.
“But we are now more experienced, we can manage that situation, and I am happy that we have done that.”
The two successful Spot-Kicks from Salah brought him this season to nine goals from penalties in the Premier League, without no more player scored in one campaign while retaining a record of 100% (Cole Palmer also scored nine penalties without missing in 2023-24).
The Egyptian also reached 44 target involvement (27 goals, 17 assists), the joint ever recorded by a player in a 38-game Premier League campaign.
Andy Cole (in 1993-94) and Alan Shearer (in 1994-95) both reached 47, but they did this in 42-game seasons.
The 184th Premier League target of Salah also moved him at the level of Sergio Aguero as the highest goal scorer of the Joint-Fift in the history of the competition, a milestone that he was pleased with.
“I knew about the album, but I didn't think so I played,” Salah said about matching the former Manchester City Vooruit.
“It's a good record to be the same; Sergio is a great player, he was a legend for the competition here. So I am happy with that, and I am also happy with the victory.”
Southampton -Baas Ivan Juric meanwhile believed Liverpool's first penalty – awarded when Will Smallbone Darwin Nunez loved behind – should not have been given.
“We had really good moments in the first half,” he told BBC Sport. “I think the first penalty was not a penalty and that changed the game. I am satisfied with how we played today.
“This can never be a fine. I'm sorry it happened because it was 1-1 and it changed the game a bit.
“We have many young players who want to grow up and improve. We can lose games, but we have to fight the way we fought today.”
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