Salah At The Double As Liverpool Cruise To Victory Over Watford

Mohamed Salah’s superb double gave an under-par Liverpool a 2-0 victory over bottom side Watford to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League.

After his goal in midweek, Salah showed he was back to his best again with a fine turn and curling finish to give Liverpool the lead, but that came sandwiched between two big Watford chances as both Abdoulaye Doucoure and Ismaila Sarr fluffed from fine positions.

In Nigel Pearson’s first game in charge, Watford caused more problems after the break as Alisson brilliantly denied both Sarr and Gerard Deulofeu, but Liverpool doubled their lead late on as Divock Origi’s miscued effort was cleverly flicked home by Salah at close range.