Salah, Mane, Coutinho and Firmino are the Four Musketeers.
And what a thrilling player Mo Salah has become!
The bearded Egyptian, who is the African Footballer of the Year, scored twice in Klopperpool’s 4-0 victory at Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.
It was surprising that Liverpool took 20 minutes to score the first goal.
When Ake carelessly tripped Firmino, the free-kick was taken by Coutinho,whose shot hit the inside of the post and rebounded across the goalmouth.
In 13, a Salah rocket beat the far angle by a yard.
Then the visitors sliced forward with alarming skill and Coutinho dribbled into the box and fired a shot just inside the near post.
The Brazilian magician has now scored 8 goals in his last 13 Premier League appearances.
Well done John W. Henry for refusing to be bullied by Barcelona!
In 26, the tenacious Firmino hooked back a ball that was three inches from going out of play and Lovren dived forward to head in from three yards.
The game looked over in 43 but keeper Begovic made a pointblank save from a Salah volley.
Then Salah beat one defender twice, tricked a second and drilled in a shot that made it 0-3.
Salah, a playmaker as well as a goal-machine, is having an astonishingly productive spell and Liverpool’s four-star attack is really fun to watch when the team is flying, as it is right now.
Second half, Coutinho provided a fast cross from the left and Firmino headed in from a fractionally offside position. He is the hardest-working Brazilian centre forward I’ve ever seen
Bournemouth 0 Liverpool 4 after 66 minutes.
Then the long-lost Adam Lallana came on as a sub and that was good news for England boss Gareth Southgate. Not many Englishmen can play football but Lallana is one who will be nailed on for Russia if he’s fit.
On Saturday, Arsenal beat promoted Newcastle 1-0 with a fabulous volley by Mesut Ozil.
Jack Wilshere played 90 minutes for the second consecutive time.
Maitland-Niles looked promising at left-back.
He’s a nimble athlete with very nice skills, so he can play Arsene-football rather well, as Iwobi is also doing at the moment.
Why is Jack still at the club? Because, of all the English footballers we’ve seen in the last 21 years, Wilshere is just about the only Englishman capable of playing Arsene-football.
It’s a very odd thing to consider now, I know, but there was a time when this old beatnik was popular.