Mohamed Salah scored twice to hand Liverpool a 3-2 win against Southampton at St Mary’s Sunday to remain in focus for the Premier League title.
Liverpool are eight points clear of second placed Manchester City and according to Salah the Reds need to cash on Pep Guardiola’s misery and make City suffer their sixth straight defeat when they visit Anfield on December 1.
Salah said: “Hopefully, we keep going in that direction. We have a game against them so hopefully, we win it and go 11 points clear.
“Man City is Man City. They have a bad time now but they have great players.”
Salah now has 12 goals in all competitions this term, including six in his last five league games.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot praised Salah’s contributions.
“If you want to win you need to score goals and we know Mo can score,” he said.
“For me his first goal is the most important as we scored out of nowhere, then after that it was just waiting for us to score another.”
Liverpool host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday and Slot is relishing the blockbuster clashes.
“They are two teams who have dominated football the last few years. So two big games and that’s why we needed to win today and that is what I am happy about,” he said.
