Gary Neville says that the Mo Salah goal will go down as the moment that Liverpool fans truly believed they will become champions this season.
In a match where Liverpool made most of the running, they were made to wait until second half injury time to seal the three points. Virgil Van Dijk put the hosts in front in the 14th minute with a strong header from a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner.
Liverpool remained on the front foot, but they had goals by Roberto Firmino and Gini Wijnaldum chalked off meaning that the game remained in the balance. The visitors belatedly came to life in the final 20 minutes but were unable to find the finishing touch when they needed it the most.
They were made to pay the ultimate price when a pin-point clearance from Alisson found Mo Salah on the break and he was able to hold off his opponent and finish with aplomb.
It was a goal that had a clear sense of symbolism about it, as Salah celebrated his first goal against the Red Devils in truly joyous fashion in front of a ecstatic Kop. The Reds are now strong favourites to clinch their first league title in 30 years so why not discover the new customer offer for paddy power.
While it would have been hard to take for a Man United stalwart like Neville, he has been a part of enough winning sides to understand what the moment felt like for the supporters.
Speaking on his own podcast Neville said:
“We’ve just witnessed Liverpool there today announce that they are going to win the league, even though we all knew it.
“In this stadium at the end of the game when Mo Salah ran through you just felt they knew that was the moment.
“I don’t think they are going to get what would be a euphoric feeling of a last minute goal to win the title on the last day.
“Yeah it will be emotional when they win the title. But that today felt like a huge moment, and being in the stadium to witness it… I’m glad I witnessed it. I’m glad I witnessed it as a Manchester United fan because you need to suffer sometimes and you need to feel pain.”
While Jürgen Klopp understood the emotion of the moment, he was certainly not willing to join in the euphoria, keeping to the line he has maintained throughout the campaign.
“They can sing that. They have sung that a couple of times in the past I think. l have no problem with that. Everyone should celebrate the situation, apart from us. Nothing has changed, we have the same situation plus three points.
“I will tell you immediately the moment if it feels different, at the moment it doesn't. I have no idea whether we will be caught or not, I don't care.
“First and foremost it's the Premier League. We play Wolves on Thursday, it's our next exceptional challenge. I don't have enough space in my brain to contemplate anything else."
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