Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah played the role of savior for his team, Liverpool, and led it to strengthen its position at the top of the English Premier League football standings.
Salah scored two goals that led Liverpool to overturn a 1-2 deficit against its host Southampton, to a valuable and well-deserved 3-2 victory, today, Sunday, in the twelfth stage of the English Premier League football championship.
Liverpool took the initiative to score through Dominik Soboslai in the 30th minute, before Adam Armstrong equalized for Southampton in the 42nd minute, after he followed up on his penalty kick and was saved by Irishman Kaymhin Kelleher, Liverpool’s goalkeeper.
The excitement continued in the second half, as Portuguese Matheus Fernandes scored the second goal for Southampton in the 56th minute, but Mohamed Salah equalized for Liverpool in the 65th minute, with a magical touch from alone on goal.
Salah continued his brilliance, after adding Liverpool’s third goal and his second personal goal in the 83rd minute from a penalty kick.
Liverpool’s tally, which achieved its tenth victory in the tournament this season against one draw and one loss, rose to 31 points at the top of the tournament that it dreams of winning after an absence of four seasons, ahead of its closest rival, Manchester City, by a full 8 points.
On the other hand, Southampton, which suffered its tenth loss in the competition during the current season against one win and one draw, stopped at 4 points, remaining at the bottom of the standings.
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