Micah Richards appeared to have been barely underwhelmed by the output of 1 Liverpool participant within the 4-1 win over Ipswich on Saturday.
Cody Gakpo grabbed the headlines with two targets at Anfield, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Mo Salah additionally heading in the right direction for Arne Slot’s aspect as they eased to victory over the Tractor Boys.
The Egyptian took his purpose tally for the season to 23 in all competitions (alongside along with his 17 assists), though the pundit was seemingly banking on the 32-year-old to have accomplished much more harm towards the East Anglian outfit.
Richards makes tongue-in-cheek Salah comment
Richards had made Salah the captain of his Fantasy Premier League staff and remarked with tongue in cheek that, given the scoreline Liverpool racked up, our quantity 11 must have come away with greater than only one purpose from the match.
The ex-Manchester Metropolis defender mentioned on The Relaxation Is Soccer podcast: “I anticipated a bit bit extra, to be trustworthy. Gakpo was the person. I anticipated extra [from Salah]. While you see that many targets go in, you assume ‘Come on, a few targets and an help!’, however yeah, I can’t complain.”
Salah’s Liverpool future nonetheless hanging precariously within the stability
Salah mightn’t have scored as many FPL factors as what Richards had been hoping, however the Egyptian was excellent towards Ipswich on the weekend.
Apart from his brilliantly taken purpose, he received seven duels and two tackles, accomplished 4 of his six dribbles and recorded one key cross (Sofascore); and he terrorised Leif Davis to such an extent that the younger left-back – who’s been having a superb season for Kieran McKenna’s aspect – was substituted at half-time.
There was additionally one piece of good off-the-ball work as he raced again to dispossess Jaden Philogene and thwart a probably harmful counterattack from the Tractor Boys.
The discourse over the Egyptian’s future at Anfield exhibits no signal of slowing down as he enters the ultimate 5 months of his Liverpool contract, with Al-Hilal reportedly set to lodge a ‘big monetary supply’ to try to entice the winger to Saudi Arabia.
Richards may’ve been anticipating a better G/A return from Salah on Saturday, however LFC followers may have been anticipating way more proactivity on the membership’s half to make sure that one of many biggest gamers in our historical past doesn’t prematurely slip away on a free switch in the summertime.
Even with main silverware nicely inside our attain this season, securing a brand new deal for the 32-year-old would immediate nearly as a lot pleasure from supporters as successful a trophy.
