Liverpool boss Arne Slot says the club expect Mohamed Salah to “continue for a long time” after his stunning performance in the 3-3 draw at Newcastle United on Wednesday night.
The 32-year-old Egyptian attacker is out of contract at Anfield at the end of the season.
The former Chelsea and AS Roma attacker said last week he was “disappointed” by the club’s failure to offer him a new one.
Despite the lack of contract talks, Salah highlighted his worth at Newcastle, creating Liverpool’s opener for Curtis Jones and then scoring two excellent finishes before Fabian Schar’s late, late equaliser.
Slot told Amazon Prime: “Every time we need Mo Salah he scores a goal.
“We are hoping and expecting he can continue this for a long time. He was outstanding in the second half, he did many special things for us.”
Salah’s stunning second-half means he has now scored and assisted in 37 Premier League matches, overtaking Wayne Rooney (36) as the player to have done so on the most occasions in the competition.
Salah has scored in each of his past seven Premier League matches, with the Egyptian becoming just the third player to have two separate runs of seven or more consecutive games scored in a row in the competition along with Jamie Vardy and his new Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Salah has 325 goals and assists in 370 games for Liverpool since joining from Roma in 2017, and only legendary captain Steven Gerrard (92) has more than his 76 assists for the club in the Premier League.
Salah’s total of 168 Premier League goals for Liverpool puts him comfortably top of the club’s list – add in the two he got for Chelsea and Salah is eighth in the all-time charts, just five behind Arsenal great Thierry Henry.
