Liverpool news: Mo Salah's contract motivation as Jamie Carragher makes Reds transfer U-turn

A seventh triumph from 8 games sent Liverpool backmost to the apical of the Premier League table, with goalscorers Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones the taxable of discussion

Liverpool person ended different play connected apical of the Premier League array aft getting the amended of Chelsea astatine Anfield.

Title rivals Manchester City moved apical with a melodramatic precocious triumph successful the day's aboriginal game, but Arne Slot's squad responded. Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones scored Liverpool's goals, either broadside of a Nicolas Jackson equaliser for the visitors.

Slot's squad were without the injured Alisson for the match, but understudy Caoimhin Kelleher wasn't called into enactment each that much. There was different wounded worry, though, with Diogo Jota forced disconnected successful the archetypal half.

Liverpool look different large trial adjacent play against Arsenal, with a Champions League travel to Leipzig earlier then, and immoderate immense games are connected the horizon. Here are Mirror Footballs latest lines from astir Anfield.

Salah's declaration motivation

Jamie Carragher expects Mohamed Salah to widen his Liverpool enactment to pursuit down the players supra him successful the Premier League's all-time goalscoring charts. Salah's opener against Chelsea brought him level with Jermain Defoe successful ninth spot successful the all-time database with 162 Premier League goals, portion helium needs conscionable 1 much to drawback Reds icon Robbie Fowler.

"He'll person an oculus connected Thierry Henry (175 goals) and Frank Lampard (177) by the extremity of this season, I would imagine," Carragher said during Sky Sports' coverage. "I deliberation stats similar this are 1 of the biggest reasons wherefore Mo Salah volition motion a caller declaration astatine Liverpool.

"Of people they'll beryllium talking astir wealth and magnitude of contract, but I deliberation these are the things that truly get the juices flowing for Mo Salah. He breaks each the records astatine Liverpool, but getting arsenic acold arsenic helium tin up those lists, I deliberation that's a large portion of his absorption arsenic a player."

Slot questions VAR telephone

Arne Slot had a mates of questions astir contentious decisions connected Sunday contempt Liverpool winning the match. The Reds saw a punishment awarded and past overturned pursuing a VAR check, portion Chelsea defender Tosin avoided a reddish paper for an aboriginal foul connected Diogo Jota.

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"It's not truthful important immoderate much due to the fact that we won, but I deliberation it could person been a important determination for the VAR to overturn the referee's determination connected the pitch, which I couldn't understand," the Liverpool brag said. "I deliberation if the referee looks astatine it for a minute, it already shows that the VAR shouldn't person interfered. Even, successful my opionion, if you look astatine it connected the surface you inactive consciousness it's a penalty.

"Then determination was the imaginable determination of the reddish card, which I saw yesterday was a reddish paper successful a akin concern [for Arsenal's William Saliba]. Big decisions due to the fact that penalties oregon reddish cards power the crippled a lot, but it's besides bully that these moments are wrong the crippled due to the fact that it besides creates a batch of energy."

Carragher makes transportation U-turn

Curtis Jones' show against Chelsea has prompted Jamie Carragher to raise questions of the Reds' request for different cardinal midfielder. The comments travel aft helium earlier suggested a instrumentality for Martin Zubimendi could beryllium connected the cards aft the Spanish planetary rejected a summertime move.

"What a show that was, erstwhile you deliberation of the prime connected the transportation and the wealth that has been spent," Carragher told Sky Sports. "For a section lad to beryllium subordinate of the match.

"I wonderment if Arne Slot is going to spell backmost successful for Zubimendi successful January, but erstwhile you spot however helium played contiguous you deliberation 'no'. He [Jones] has to present bash it connected a accordant basis."

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