Mohamed Salah’s assist for Minamino’s goal vs Hertha Berlin was the definition of genius
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Liverpool and Hertha Berlin met at the Tivoli Stadion Tirol on Thursday evening for their pre-season match.
It was the German club who raced into a two-goal lead.
Santiago Ascacibar gave the Bundliesga club the lead in the 21st minute, before Suat Serdar netted an incredible strike to make it 2-0.
Liverpool battled back, though, and found themselves level at the break after two quick-fire goals.
Sadio Mane pulled one back for Jurgen Klopp’s side after some brilliant work by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
The Reds restored parity five minutes later with a stunning goal.
Naby Keita tackled a Hertha Berlin player in midfielder before sliding a ball through for Mohamed Salah.
In a tight angle and with a defender in close proximity, Salah produced an absolutely outrageous backheel to give Takumi Minamino an open goal.
The Japanese midfielder had the easiest task of putting the ball in an empty net and he made no mistake to draw his side level.
Watch the goal below:
That is a thing of beauty.
Keita’s work in midfield was great, but that assist from Salah is just sumptuous.
More to follow…