Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist both agree one Liverpool player looked ‘amazing’ in Arne Slot’s first game

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Arne Slot’s first Premier League game in charge of Liverpool proved to be a happy outing for the Reds as they secured a 2-0 win against Ipswich Town.

Second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah put the newly promoted side to the sword at Portman Road as the Dutchman got his first taste of competitive football in England.

Slot became the first Liverpool manager to win his first Premier League with the club since Gerard Houllier and Roy Evans beat Southampton in 1998 when they were jointly in charge of the club.

There were a handful of notable individual performances, but Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist were particularly blown away by Mohamed Salah’s showing against Ipswich.

Ally McCoist and Jeff Stelling in awe of Mohamed Salah

Salah was far from his best, particularly in the first half, but the Egyptian winger turned on the style after the interval.

He teed up Jota for the opening goal of the game and got himself on the act moments later with a clever finish as a whirlwind five-minute spell seemingly won the game for Liverpool.

Stelling singled out Salah for special as he once again emerged as the Reds’ leading man in attack.

“What was really interesting I thought was just how sharp Salah looked at Portman Road. He was amazing,” Stelling said on talkSPORT (8:51 AM, Aug 20).

McCoist, highlighting Salah’s physique, in particular, said: “I thought he looked tremendous. He just looks lean, he looks fit, he looks hungry, what a football player, what a football player!”

Liverpool precariously placed as Salah’s contract winds down

Salah has scored more opening-day goals than any other player in Premier League history as he etched his name in English football folklore with his second-half strike against Ipswich.

He’s not showing any signs of slowing down despite being well into his 30s, with Paul Merson referring to Salah as the ‘Frank Lampard of Liverpool’ due to his goalscoring exploits and consistency.

However, with his contract set to expire next summer, Liverpool run the risk of losing one of their best players for free if he doesn’t put pen to paper on an extension.

Salah has keen admirers in the Saudi Pro League and there seems to be an air of inevitability on his move to the Middle East at some point in the future.

Liverpool, for their part, must try to tie him down to a new contract as the Egyptian clearly has a few more years left in him.

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