Mohamed Salah said he is excited his landmark goal against Crystal Palace has pushed up Liverpool’s quest for the Premier League title this season.
Salah scored his 150th Premier League goal and his 200th for Liverpool with an equaliser against 10-man Crystal Palace that helped the Reds to three vital points at Selhurst Park and also putting them on top of the log.
“The most important thing was that we won the game,” Salah told TNT Sports. “It’s a great feeling. I’m happy for the record and that we won the game.”
Liverpool’s winner came from substitute Harvey Elliott, who said that his long-range finish was inspired by watching Salah in training.
“My finish today just sums up what I’ve learned off him,” Elliott said. “If I spoke about the influence he’s had on me then everyone would get bored!”
Salah said a competitive spirit at the training ground with Elliott has helped them both develop and that the 20-year-old is one of a group of younger players who are learning from senior team-mates such as himself.
“He’s a good kid,” Salah said of Elliott. “He’s learning. I like to push him in the gym. He will have a good career.
“I see the mentality to keep fighting until the end. We keep doing that. We have a new team now because there’s six or seven players. We need to give them advice. They’re learning a lot and they’re really nice.”
And after a win that took Liverpool top of the table he sees signs of a fighting spirit within his team similar to that which won the 2019/20 Premier League title.
“I take that from 2019, I think there are similarities but, of course, the other guys also achieve a lot – we need to give them their credit,” he said. “But I’m sure we can do something special this year.”
