It was a particular evening for Liverpool within the Champions League as they gained automated qualification, and Mohamed Salah grew to become the primary Liverpool participant to get to 50 objectives in Europe.
Supervisor Arne Slot mentioned: “Particular is the phrase that describes Mo’s time at this membership. He’s been excellent for this membership for thus lengthy, and he nonetheless is. If Mo goes 1-vs-1, there’s a critical likelihood he’s going to attain.”
Salah scored the Reds’ first of the night, earlier than Lille equalised by way of Jonathan David. However Liverpool weren’t stage for lengthy, scoring the winner within the 67th minute courtesy of Harvey Elliott.
Liverpool might need certified into the following spherical, however Slot isn’t getting too excited but: “Some groups are excessive within the league desk as a result of they’d a fortunate draw or some groups are low as a result of they’d a really tough draw. It’s far off to say that it’s a bonus to be first or second.
“We nonetheless dont know if that’s a bonus or not. You could be fortunate otherwise you could be unfortunate. Ending up eighth might imply you’re fortunate.”
The Dutchman was nevertheless happy at the truth that his aspect will miss the following qualifying spherical, and his gamers can have some relaxation that lots of groups received’t have.
“For me crucial factor about tonight is that we’ve got managed to skip a spherical. And that’s undoubtedly value a bit.”
