Sky Sports commentator wowed by ‘stunning’ moment in lead-up to Mo Salah goal against Everton

Assist capped a strong first half from Gakpo

Gakpo has been heavily criticised for some of his performances this season, and there have been too many games where the Dutchman has played nowhere near his best, with Stephen Warnock lamenting him as ‘predictable‘.

However, his pass to pick out Salah for the opening goal in the derby was inch-perfect, and the scorer acknowledged as much in the celebrations afterwards.

It’s a second Premier League game in a row in which the 26-year-old has claimed an assist, having also set up the Egyptian to score against Fulham last weekend, and hopefully it hints at a resurgent final few weeks of the campaign for the Netherlands international.

Shortly before half-time, Gakpo unleashed a decent strike which forced a good save out of Pickford as he sought to get on the scoresheet for the first time since the end of February.

Hopefully (at the time of writing) our number 18 can continue his thus far energetic performance into the second half of this game, and into Liverpool’s remaining matches of the season.

You can view Salah’s goal against Everton below, via @SkySportsPL on X: