Mohamed Salah is hopeful Liverpool's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur will be the turning point in their season after moving up to eighth in the Premier League.
The Egyptian scored twice in the first half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to put Liverpool in the driving seat before Harry Kane got a goal back in the second half. The Reds held on to move to within seven points of fourth place.
Salah's double in North London took his tally for the season in the Premier League to six and he now currently sits on 14 goals in 20 in all competitions for the whole campaign.
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And the 30-year-old wants his team-mates to take the momentum from the victory over Spurs into the match with Southampton at Anfield next Saturday before the break for the World Cup.
Salah said when asked by Sky Sports whether this result could be the turning point: " Hopefully! That’s football and we have to accept it. We have come back on a number of occasions with performances against Manchester City a couple of weeks ago, and we have to make sure that we continue that momentum next week before the World Cup break."
The Egyptian's first goal was an example of a perfect first touch. Salah took Darwin Nunez 's pass expertly in the box before firing beyond Hugo Lloris.
" It’s important that you try to control in the smallest spaces as you can because as you get into the box there are a lot of bodies," said Salah. "I think in the second half I could have done it more, but I was confident I could have done it more if I was given the opportunities. I am always trying to have a good first touch because it puts me in a better position and I did that today."
Despite scoring twice in the first period, Salah thought Liverpool could have got more, but he was happy with the three points at the end of the game.
" I think we were unlucky in the first half, we played good football in the first half and in the second I think we could have scored more. The most important thing was that we got the three points," Salah said.
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