‘He is delivering’… Gary Neville says one Liverpool player turned his night around completely tonight

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Gary Neville has praised the way Mohamed Salah bounced back to score twice for Liverpool tonight.

Salah was the villain of the first-half during the Reds 4-2 win over Newcastle United. Having seen Luis Diaz expertly win a penalty, the 31-year-old smashed the spot-kick straight at Martin Dubravka.

Aside from the penalty miss, Salah looked a little out of sorts generally, too. His touch was heavy and his passes short. Frustration reigned.

But after shaking it out of his system – and changing his boots – at half-time, Mo was back to his old self just three minutes into the second period. Having scored from Darwin Nunez’s pass, Salah then turned provider, lofting a lovely ball over for Cody Gakpo to score.

And commenting on that pass for Sky Sports, Neville praised the Egyptian’s class.

“It’s class,” raved the Manchester United legend. “It was a difficult first-half for him but he is delivering for his team.”

Neville praises Salah resilience

This really was a game of two halves for Salah. It wasn’t just the penalty miss in the first 45, he was simply out of sorts.

He wasn’t perfect after the break, but as he often is after missing a big chance, Mo just looked determined to put it right. And put it right he did.

He couldn’t have asked for a better ball from Nunez just three minutes into the half.

From there on in, Salah smelled goals. He may have only got one more in the end, but the £34m man could easily have had three.

His ball across for Gakpo meant that the Egyptian King also ended the game with an assist to his name, too.

As he departs for AFCON, that now makes it 14 goals and eight assists in 20 Premier League games this season. Incredible.

What makes Mo great is that he is just so relentless. After a tough first period he could have hidden, or sulked in the second.

But to turn it around in the way that he did shows how elite his mentality is. Lesser players would have passed that second penalty on as well. Not our Mo. Some way to sign off, and some way to bounce back.