“Whenever we need him, he scores”

Arne Slott hailed Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian scored in Liverpool's thrilling 3-3 Premier League draw with Newcastle.

Slott's side twice came from behind at St James' Park thanks to Kurtis Jones and Salah before the Reds' top scorer put Liverpool ahead with seven minutes of normal time remaining.

However, Fabian Schar found the net deep into second-half stoppage time to rescue a point for the hosts.

Alexander Isaac and Anthony Gordon grabbed the other goals for Eddie Howe's side.

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Much has been made of Salah's future in recent weeks, with the player and the club yet to agree a possible contract extension that would see him stay at Anfield beyond next summer.

But the Liverpool boss was quick to praise his star's consistency.

“Every time we need him (Salah) he scores an important goal,” Slott said.

“Until now and this season and we hope he can continue this for a long time.”

“After the assist he gave and we got to 1-1, he was outstanding. Apart from the goals, he did more special things for us. “A great performance from him in the second half.”

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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe also appeared optimistic at full-time.

“I feel positive,” Howe said.

“I feel really positive. I thought that was a much better performance than us.

“You know the quality they have off the bench. When Trent (Alexander-Arnold) continued his creativity, we knew we were going to have a potential problem.

“But I thought our mental quality came through as we hung in there and got the equalizer we deserved.

“We scored three goals. I thought we looked dynamic, athletic and played with a lot of quality.”