Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa: Mohamed Salah scores in comfortable Reds win

Mohamed Salah has scored 2 goals successful 4 games truthful acold this season

Mohamed Salah enactment speculation astir his aboriginal down him by scoring arsenic Liverpool comfortably bushed Aston Villa to proceed their beardown commencement to the play successful the Premier League.

And Salah emphasised his worthy to Liverpool erstwhile helium scored their 3rd extremity successful the 2nd fractional astatine Anfield, firing successful astatine the backmost station from Darwin Nunez's transverse to seal a 3rd league triumph successful a row.

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Dominik Szoboszlai got the hosts up and moving aft conscionable 3 minutes, scoring his archetypal extremity for the nine with a crisp onslaught done a crowded box.

Villa, who person been scoring for amusive since losing 5-1 to Newcastle successful their opening crippled of the season, were acold excessively unfastened astatine the backmost arsenic they struggled to woody with Liverpool's forwards.

The hosts accrued their pb successful the 22nd infinitesimal erstwhile Nunez's changeable deed the station and bounced successful disconnected the unlucky Matty Cash.

Liverpool looked susceptible of scoring with each onslaught successful a rampant archetypal half, though Villa's origin was not helped by an enforced alteration arsenic centre-back Diego Carlos limped disconnected with an wounded wrong the opening 20 minutes.

And the lively Nunez went adjacent to scoring his 3rd extremity successful 2 games arsenic his changeable bounced disconnected the crossbar.

Keeper Alisson made a bully halt to propulsion retired Cash's header successful the 2nd half, but Salah's 2nd extremity of the play wrapped up a triumph that moved Liverpool up to 3rd successful the Premier League, 2 points down leaders Manchester City.

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Salah shows his worthy to Liverpool

While it was a Liverpool caller lad who got the Reds up and moving successful this game, overmuch of the absorption astatine Anfield was connected a stalwart arsenic the aboriginal of talisman Salah remains uncertain.

The Reds person repeatedly insisted they person nary volition of letting Salah permission but, with the Saudi Pro League transportation model not closing until 7 September, it is apt their resoluteness volition beryllium tested again with reports of a £200m offer.

Klopp has said Salah is "100% committed" to Liverpool and determination was thing to suggest different connected Sunday arsenic helium again underlined his value to the Reds against Villa.

He created opportunities and had chances himself, earlier yet getting connected the scoresheet 10 minutes into the 2nd half.

With Nunez besides continuing to impress, the Reds person the attacking spot to suggest they volition beryllium beardown contenders to situation astatine the apical extremity of the array this season.

Salah is simply a three-time Golden Boot victor successful the Premier League and, contempt his age, this show shows helium remains an integral portion of Klopp's side.

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