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Klopp praises 'exceptional' Salah after Liverpool victory over Brentford

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted with their 3-0 win against Brentford.

Mohamed Salah scored twice, with Diogo Jota also on the scoresheet.

On Salah, Klopp said: "Exceptional. Just an exceptional player. He played a super game today. We all know how difficult it is against these two tall centre-backs, two players around him and all these kind of things, but how often he kept the ball for us and we could play from there - that was super important - and then scoring two goals. We had so many good moments in the first half where we scored but it was offside and things like that.

"Then in that moment, the composure for the first goal is insane. There is no doubt when the ball is in that area [that] in the end you see it on the scoresheet. A pretty special player.

"Football is strange [because] if you would have asked me three days ago just about the feeling - not about what I know about it - why should I talk about the start? The start is the start and now we have to play Brentford. It is exactly how I see it. But obviously you look at the numbers, the games, the results [and] most of the time it was OK or better. A point at Luton didn't feel great, the Tottenham game in the circumstances obviously didn't feel great, don't know the other games. It's absolutely alright, we just don't really think about it.

"We scored wonderful goals to be honest and it was a real good performance against one of the most difficult opponents you can face.

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