Liverpool opened 2024 with a 4-2 victory over newcastle on new year’s day, securing a three-point lead at the top of the premier league.
Mohamed salah was spotted engaging in a superstitious act that may have contributed to his late penalty against newcastle, presumably playing a role in the incident. During their match against newcastle, liverpool displayed dominance with an impressive 34 shots and a record-breaking expected goals of 7.27.
This number is the highest recorded since opta began collecting such data in 2010. Salah rectified his mistake by scoring liverpool’s first goal after missing a penalty in the first half.
Newcastle united’s alexander isak equalized however. Curtis jones and cody gakpo scored two goals, re-establishing liverpool’s advantage. However, sven botman’s header against the course of play added to the tension at the end of the game.salah claimed the victory byconverting his second spot-kick, awarded after liverpool’s controversial late penalty.
Salah changed his boots at halftime, according to fans on social media, which coincided with his second-half success and a successful penalty after a short game in the first half.
After the match, egypt’s egyptian forward was asked by sky sports if his new boots were due to superstition: “i just trained with them yesterday.” It’s not superstition, but i wanted to change it. I just changed them and it calmed my mind.”
