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Liverpool's Roberto Firmino (right) celebrates scoring their side's third goal of the game
Watford 0-5 Liverpool
by Layth Yousif
at Vicarage Road
MO SALAH seized the narrative with a truly stunning goal on Saturday, even as Roberto Firmino hit a hat-trick.
Never mind Firmino’s haul — if the start of the match was all about Claudio Ranieri, 90 minutes later the talk was impulsively of the impudent Salah following another superb display that once again underlined, for any misguided doubters, that he is a world-class talent.
Yes, Liverpool spoiled Ranieri’s first game back in English football by thrashing his Watford side with five unanswered goals in the Saturday lunchtime kick-off. And, yes, Jurgen Klopp’s side were superior in every aspect as they eased past their sorry opponents.
The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
