Alexis Mac Allister provided a sublime assist for Mohamed Salah as Liverpool came back from one-nil down to defeat Brighton 2-1 last Sunday.
After the game, a lot has been said about the emerging partnership between the two players, with the Argentine joking that the forward told him to assist him during training.
Jurgen Klopp said when asked about the Salah–Mac Allister connection: "After the game [on Sunday], somebody told me that Mo obviously ordered an assist… but Mo is doing that probably on Monday with everybody in the squad!
"I’m pretty sure he tells everybody, ‘If you don’t know where to pass the ball, give it to me’! There’s no specific partnership, I think the most assists for Mo probably is Darwin. We need them all, we need them all in their best shape.
"What I loved about this goal specifically [was] how we used the formation, how everybody was pretty much in a perfect position and then in the end things can work out like that.
"The pass from Dom [Szoboszlai] to Macca was already exceptional and then the next pass is only possible because Mo arrives there, because in that moment Dom is on the right wing, Conor [Bradley] is in the half-space, so it’s exactly like it should be, especially against man-orientated teams. It was in the end difficult to defend and very well played, that’s the most important.
"There will be other moments when Macca has to pass the ball to another striker or to another player and hopefully he finds them then as well. Partnerships on the pitch are very important.
"Usually I enjoy partnerships with three because that makes more sense in football than it’s only two. We are in the position we are because the boys played really well together, and that’s what we need in the next hopefully 14 games as well."
