LONDON-. Mohamed Salah he returned scoring with the Liverpool in the 4-1 defeat of the leader of the Premier League on Saturday against Brentford.
Salah was out for a month with a hamstring injury suffered during the African Cup of Nations and came on as a half-time substitute at the Gtech Community Stadium to fire in his 19th goal of the season in all competitions in the 68th. minutes.
Liverpool was up 2-0 at the time after Uruguayan Darwin Núñez opened the scoring in the 35th and Alex Mac Allister extended the lead with an assist from Salah.
Ivan Toney brought Brentford within 75 minutes, scoring for the fourth time in five games since returning from his eight-month ban for breaking betting rules.
But substitute Cody Gakpo sealed the result in the 86th and Liverpool provisionally extended their lead at the top of the standings to five points.
Manchester City and Arsenal, second and third place respectively, play later.
The defending champion faces Chelsea, while the Gunners will face Burnley.
Although Liverpool remain fit to fight for the title, there is concern for coach Jürgen Klopp due to injuries to Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota in the first half. Jota had to leave the game on a stretcher.
The Merseyside club is without the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold. Thiago Alcantara and Dominik Szoboszlai, as well as goalkeeper Alisson, were injured in training on Thursday and missed the game.
Source: AP
