How Steven Gerrard instantly reacted to Mo Salah’s big Champions League moment vs Galatasaray
How Steven Gerrard instantly reacted to Mo Salah’s big Champions League moment vs Galatasaray Steven Gerrard cut a delighted figure in the stands watching Mo Salah hand Liverpool a four-goal lead over Galatasaray in the second leg of their round 16 clash. The Merseysiders cruised to victory, with the Egyptian getting on the scoresheet with a tremendous curling effort following a smart exchange with Florian Wirtz . DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE!
ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY However, the former Roma man was unfortunately struck with a late injury blow in the Champions League encounter, and was spotted requesting his eventual substitution on the 74th minute. Steven Gerrard loved Mo Salah’s goal vs Galatasaray Steven Gerrard could be seen clapping enthusiastically with the broadest of grins as Salah celebrated his 50th Champions League goal, proudly tugging the club badge. It was, quite frankly, a phenomenal effort from the legendary Liverpool attacker, who curled in an effort from outside the box to hand the Reds a 4-1 lead on aggregate.
Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust If the Egyptian wouldn’t mind putting a few more of these away for the foreseeable future, Liverpool might very well find themselves within a shout of silverware this term! Will Liverpool be without injured Salah for long?
The exact severity of Mo Salah’s injury remains to be seen, with Arne Slot offering perhaps some hope in his post-match assessment. In comments relayed by James Pearce on X (formerly Twitter), the Dutch head coach confirmed our No. 11 ‘felt something’.
However, it seems he’s not got the kind of obvious issue that would definitively rule him out of this weekend’s clash with Brighton. And what a shame that would be with the 33-year-old putting in one of his strongest performances of the season (if we’re all happy to just go ahead and ignore that diabolical panenka attempt in the first half! ).