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The Reds central was quick to emphasize that the club has never lost faith in the quality of its Egyptian star.
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk ignored any suggestion that Mohamed Salah was on a losing streak before scoring a hat-trick in the club’s 4-3 win over Leeds United on Saturday.
The reigning Premier League champions blew their lead on three separate occasions before Salah scored a penalty in the 88th minute to add three points to Jurgen Klopp’s side.
The Egyptian international had opened the scoring just four minutes from the penalty spot before claiming his second in spectacular fashion in the 33rd minute.
Van Dijk, who headed home with a rare goal in the 20th minute, believes Salah’s performance was far from unique and questioned the media for doubting him.
“Well that’s the media guys, doubting him. Obviously, we appreciate him and that’s the most important thing to him as well,” Van Dijk said. be in sports After the match.
“We don’t see the negative parts of what the media is saying.”
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While the Dutch central defender got his name on the score sheet against Leeds, he made an unusual mistake that allowed Patrick Bamford to make it 2-2 in the 30th minute.
Van Dijk has now made two mistakes that have led directly to a goal in his last four Premier League matches, more than he recorded in his first 154 appearances in the competition.
“It was one of those situations that can happen. I did the best I could, that’s what I did and unfortunately a goal came out, but I don’t worry about it,” Van Dijk said.
Asked about the game itself, he added: “Intense. Something we obviously expected, the intensity at least. Nobody wants to receive goals and it was an intense game for both sides. A lot of running, 1v1 and counterattacks.
“The points are huge, of course. They are going to give a lot of problems to a lot of teams in the league, I think because of the way they play and the intensity. It was good for us to get the three points, but we will have a lot of things in which to work “.
Liverpool will face Chelsea in the Premier League on September 20 with Frank Lampard’s team set to start their season against Brighton on Monday.
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