Gary Neville says there are just three world class players in the Premier League and none of them play for Manchester United.
The Red Devils legend was reflecting on Mohamed Salah’s performance in Liverpool’s 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday and decided that the Egyptian is undoubtedly world class.
Salah scored two excellent goals in the victory over the Hammers, with the second especially catching the eye as he brought down a long pass from Xherdan Shaqiri with one touch and finished expertly with his second.
Neville was blown away by the quality of the Liverpool man and puts him in a bracket with just two other players in the Premier League in terms of being genuinely world class.
The likes of Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba miss out on his assessment, with Manchester United’s bitter rivals at the Etihad and Anfield doing very well.
‘We very rarely give the tag of world class, and we do have some world-class performers in the Premier League,’ Neville said on the Gary Neville Podcast.
‘There’s Kevin De Bruyne and I think Alisson is a world-class goalkeeper, but Salah is a world-class forward and striker.
‘That first touch and second touch was something different. It was an unbelievable goal. One of the best goals I have seen, certainly this season. I’m not going to say any season because we have seen some great goals, but it really did catch our eye.
‘Everybody at home will just think wow, what a goal!’
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp was understandably delighted with Salah after the win at West Ham, also praising his second goal as world class.
The strike was Salah’s 21st of the season as his remarkable form since arriving at Anfield in 2017 continues.
‘Actually, he scored a goal against Tottenham; it didn’t count, I know that, but it was a brilliant goal,’ Klopp said.
‘That was a good sign for him, for sure. He played a super game tonight, he was involved in everything — flexible, kept the ball, passing was good and his control of the game was good.
‘The first goal is just a super smart goal, the goalkeeper could not see the ball because it was a crowded box and he chipped it into the far corner.
‘And the second, what a counter-attack, two passes until Mo got the ball and the first touch was outstanding, world class.’
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