Mohamed Salah Explains Arne Slot's Tactics That Helped Liverpool Win Premier League Title
- Liverpool are the 2024/25 Premier League champions after beating Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at Anfield on Sunday
- Arne Slot joins an elite group of managers who won the title in their first season, including Jose Mourinho
- Mohamed Salah has disclosed the key tactical change the Dutch manager implemented to help Liverpool win
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Liverpool were confirmed as the Premier League champions for the 2024/25 Premier League season after an emphatic 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.
Spurs opened the lead in the eighth minute through Dominic Solanke before Liverpool replied with five goals, including one from Mohamed Salah and Destiny Udogie’s own goal.
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The Reds won the title with four matches to go in Arne Slot’s first season, earning him plaudits as one of the elite managers who won the title in their first season.
Salah explains Slot's tactical changes
Mohamed Salah is having his best individual season and is on course to win the league’s Golden Boot and Playmakers award with 28 goals and 18 assists in 34 games, as noted by Transfermarkt.
The Egyptian was asked if Arne Slot has made him a better player and he disclosed that he had a discussion with the manager over a tactical change that improved his numbers.
“You can see the numbers! Now I don't have to defend much,” he said as quoted by Mirror UK.
“The tactics are quite different. I said, ‘As long as you rest me defensively, I will provide offensively’, so I am glad that I did. He listened a lot, and you can see the numbers.
“When you play in the Premier League, you have to defend, but I said that I can gamble, and somehow I can make a difference. My number of assists shows that you can create chances as well.”
Salah is six goals ahead of Alexander Isak (22 goals) in the Golden Boot race and has seven more assists than Jacob Murphy (11 assists). He could become the first player since Harry Kane in the 2020/21 season to win both awards in the same season.
Salah eyes Premier League record
Salah has surpassed his personal best of 41 goal contributions. He currently has 46 and is one goal or assist away from setting a new league record for both 38 and 42-game seasons.
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Responding to Daniel Sturridge after the match, the former Chelsea man admitted that he has his eyes on the record.
“Goal involvements, yes, for sure. Hopefully I’m going to break it soon, I know I broke it for 38 games [season],” he told Sky Sports.
“So now I think I have one assist to go. It’s something pushing me forward to just keep going and keep working hard, for sure.”
He could also break the record for most assists in a Premier League season with 20, held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, if he provides two more assists in the final four games.
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