Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after he scores his aspect’s second aim through the English Premier League match between Ipswich City and Liverpool at Portman Highway stadium in Ipswich, England, on August 17, 2024.
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Second-half targets from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah allowed new Liverpool coach Arne Slot to get off to a 2-0 profitable begin at newly-promoted Ipswich City within the Premier League on Saturday.
Ipswich, cheered on by new minority shareholder and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from the Portman Highway stands, went toe-to-toe with Liverpool within the first half however did not take their possibilities once they introduced themselves.
Slot’s new aspect improved markedly after the break, taking the lead on the hour mark by Jota, earlier than a effective transfer was completed off by Egyptian ahead Salah 5 minutes later to successfully kill off the Ipswich problem.
Liverpool had a bunch of possibilities to make the end result much more emphatic, however two targets have been sufficient to navigate Liverpool and Slot previous a tough first sport of the marketing campaign.
“Hopefully I preserve going like this for the entire season,” Salah advised TNT Sports activities. “I at all times attempt to assist the crew on a regular basis, I am at all times pleased to attain targets or help.
“It is fairly completely different for all of us (enjoying beneath Slot), we have to adapt. We simply must know his manner of enjoying and benefit from the soccer. We needn’t put extra strain on him, we simply must play soccer and revel in our video games.”
In January, Juergen Klopp shocked the world when he introduced he would step down as Liverpool supervisor on the finish of final season, with the German saying his goodbyes to an emotional Anfield on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign.
The person with the formidable activity of changing Klopp, who gained a Champions League and ended Liverpool’s 30-year look ahead to a league title throughout his time in England, is former Feyenoord boss Slot.
Liverpool’s supervisor Arne Slot hugs Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold as he’s substituted
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A quiet pre-season, with Liverpool but to signal a single participant through the close-season switch window whereas their rivals have been splashing the money, had some supporters anxious forward of the brand new marketing campaign.
Their aspect’s first-half efficiency within the Suffolk sunshine, the place the guests couldn’t muster a single shot on the right track, added to these issues.
Slot’s aspect clicked into gear after the break, nevertheless, carving open their opponents with two effective targets, the primary completed off by Jota after a pinpoint Trent Alexander-Arnold go set Salah free earlier than he squared for the Portuguese.
With Ipswich nonetheless regrouping, Salah, in his 350th look for the membership in all competitions, netted fantastically after being performed in by Dominik Szoboszlai to seal the victory.
The 32-year-old now has extra targets within the opening rounds of Premier League seasons than anybody else, and he appears to be like set to play a significant half in one other Liverpool title tilt this time period.
