Premier League table without Mo Salah's heroics - with Liverpool in 13th and surprising leader

Liverpool prima Mohamed Salah has much extremity involvements than immoderate different subordinate successful the Premier League this play and the numbers laic bare his value to his club

Mohamed Salah's interaction for Liverpool this play has been plain to see, but a speedy look astatine an alternate league array truly hammers location his importance.

The Reds are preparing for the precise existent anticipation of beingness without Salah adjacent season. The Egyptian planetary is retired of declaration successful the summer, and suggested helium is "more retired than in" erstwhile it comes to remaining astatine Anfield.

Salah has 10 goals and six assists successful the league this season, with his 16 extremity contributions putting him 4 wide of his closest challengers. Two of those goals came connected Sunday, helping Liverpool travel from down to win 3-2 astatine Southampton.

It's not conscionable a lawsuit of Salah scoring freely - his goals and assists person often been the quality betwixt defeats and draws oregon betwixt draws and victories. In Liverpool's case, it besides means the quality betwixt apical spot and a lowly bottom-half placement.

Data experts Opta person shown what this season's Premier League array would look similar without Salah's goals and assists. They person secured an further 17 points for his team, helping them unfastened up an 8 constituent pb successful existent life.

In the alternate world with nary Salah extremity contributions, Liverpool are down successful 13th with conscionable 14 points. And determination are changes elsewhere successful the table, too.

Second-placed Manchester City person yet to play Liverpool this season, truthful they enactment connected 23 points successful this alternate table. However, they are lone 4th here, with Brighton, Arsenal and caller leaders Chelsea each 'regaining' the points they mislaid done Salah goals and assists.

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Brighton would summation a point, having conceded a Salah victor astatine Anfield, portion Arsenal would regain the 2 they mislaid owed to Salah's precocious equaliser successful North London. Chelsea would summation three, though, with Salah's extremity and assistance removed to crook a 2-1 Liverpool triumph into a 1-0 triumph for Enzo Maresca's Blues.

The theoretical array was shared earlier Monday night's game, meaning Liverpool would successful information driblet further. West Ham won astatine Newcastle to ascent up to 15 points, 1 much than the 14 Liverpool would person without Salah's contributions.

“We are astir successful December and I haven’t received immoderate offers yet to enactment successful the club. I’m astir apt much retired than in,” Salah said erstwhile asked astir his future.

“You cognize I person been successful the nine for galore years. There is nary nine similar this. But successful the extremity it is not successful my hands. As I said before, it is December and I haven’t received thing yet astir my future.

“I emotion the fans. The fans emotion me. In the extremity it is not successful my hands oregon the fans’ hands. Let’s hold and see.”

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