In the 31st round of the Premier League, Liverpool sat at Anfield Stadium to meet Watford in the relegation zone, and after 90 to four, Liverpool easily defeated Watford 2-0, continuing to maintain the momentum of competing with Manchester City for the league title. After winning this game, Liverpool have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions in the past, and this is the third time that Klopp has won ten consecutive victories since he took charge of Liverpool, which is also the fifth time that Liverpool have won ten consecutive victories since the Premier League era, equaling the record held by Manchester City.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Liverpool played a coordinated game, Henderson split the ball in the middle, Gomez sent a precise cross on the right side of the penalty area, at this time the front of the jota header broke the goal, Liverpool took a 1-0 lead. In the 89th minute of the second half, the referee awarded Liverpool a penalty, Fabinho hit a penalty, and Liverpool sealed the win of the game 2-0. A number of Liverpool's players performed well in this game, such as Jota, Fabinho and Thiago.
Jota has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Liverpool this season, in addition to three assists, more goals than Mane and Firmino in the club, second only to top scorer Salah. Fabinho has never conceded a penalty in 24 career attempts, and this time he also managed to score the ball and help Liverpool seal the game.
Midfielder Thiago also did well, helping the team create 3 good opportunities for attack during the game and regaining the ball 10 times in confrontations. Liverpool won the game and most of the players performed remarkably well, but the number one star Salah was sluggish and was replaced by teammate Mane in the 68th minute of the game. Salah scored 2 shots on goal, 0 on target, 4 dribbling successes, 14 successful confrontations and 5 matches, and received the lowest score in the team after the game.
Salah, who has experienced international match days, is in significantly worse shape, and as for the reasons, there is physical exhaustion as well as mental exhaustion. Salah led his national team in the African World Cup qualifiers to lose to his teammate Mane's Senegalese national team in a penalty shootout, and before that, the Egyptian national team also lost to the Senegalese national team in the African Cup final, the loss is not terrible, the terrible loss is to lose to his club teammates.
Mane and Salah had been rumored to be in conflict before, and now that they have lost to Mane in two important events, the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Preliminary Round, it is inevitable that they will feel uncomfortable. In addition, salah's contract renewal negotiations with Liverpool are deadlocked, which also affects the Egyptians' performance, Salah asks for a high salary, Liverpool is unwilling to give, salah may be forced to leave the team early. Although Salah is now the club's most goal-scoring player, Jota's rise has also seriously threatened Salah's position.
With Jota, Liverpool also have the courage to fight with Salah, that is, they will not give you a high salary, and if they want to leave, the team will not retain. Salah's position in the team is now very embarrassing, because the renewal of the contract is not good with the team executives, and the relationship with teammate Mane is also cold, liverpool won this game, but Salah lost, he understands that now Liverpool can still win even if he does not have himself, then his idea of a high salary extension is even more difficult to achieve.