Sublime Salah on warpath for Reds

SLALOMING past opponents at a snowy Anfield, Mohamed Salah produced a blizzard of goals in his most devastating performance yet for Liverpool.

Salah scored his first Liverpool hat-trick, added another goal for good measure and created one for Roberto Firmino in a 5-0 Premier League victory over Watford yesterday.

It took Liverpool up to third place between Manchester United and Tottenham, which were securing their passages to the FA Cup semi-finals.

Not even a 2-0 victory over Brighton was enough to mellow United manager Jose Mourinho, whose joy at beating Liverpool last weekend in the league was wiped out by a Champions League exit to Sevilla.

“We didn’t play the way I want the players to play. I didn’t have the reaction from all of them,” Mourinho said after United managed only two shots on target against Brighton.

They scored from both — headers from Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic.

At Swansea, Christian Eriksen scored twice in Tottenham’s 3-0 victory.

The focus in the afternoon, however, was on the relegation scrap.

Stoke and West Bromwich Albion remained in the bottom two places after 2-1 losses.

Junior Stanislas sealed Bournemouth’s win over bottom club West Brom. Cenk Tosun netted twice for Everton at Stoke, which had Charlie Adam dismissed for a lunge on Wayne Rooney.

Crystal Palace escaped the drop zone by beating Huddersfield 2-0, with Southampton dropping into it having played one game fewer.