Sublime Salah on target for Reds again

LIVERPOOL moved into second place in the English Premier League yesterday as Egyptian international Mohamed Salah continued his remarkable scoring run in a 2-0 victory at home to Newcastle United.

Salah scored for the seventh match running, taking his Liverpool total for the season to 32, when he put the home side ahead after 40 minutes. Sadio Mane’s goal in the second half ensured there was no joy for Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez, whose Liverpool team won the Champions League in 2005.

“I thought the boys did brilliantly,” manager Juergen Klopp said. “Two wonderful goals and a few more possible. I’m happy.”

Tottenham Hotspur, apparently affected early in the season by playing home games at Wembley, achieved a sixth-straight win there by beating Huddersfield Town 2-0 with a double by Son Heung-min. It was Spurs’ 17th game unbeaten in all competitions.

Spurs, who did not win in their first three league games there, are fourth, a point behind United and five ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea, which played runaway leader Manchester City overnight.

Defeat pushed Huddersfield right back into the relegation mix.

Swansea City was the big winner at the bottom, moving above five teams to 13th, including West Ham United, which it beat 4-1.

West Ham manager David Moyes, whose team travelled seven hours by coach to reach Swansea from London on Friday after its flight was cancelled, was disappointed with the performance, one of its worst since he took over in November.

“I’m embarrassed,” he said. “The fans travelled through the snow to get here and we let them down badly.”