Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Leicester's Riyad Mahrez feature in our Arab Premier League footballers watch

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  • In this column, we track the best Arab football talents plying their trade in the Premier League and round-up their accomplishments every week.

    Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is never far from the headlines after a promising start to the season for the Reds, and he features again this week after scoring in Jurgen Klopp side’s 2-0 win over Newcastle.

    Meanwhile, Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez scored in Leicester’s 1-1 draw against Bournemouth and Ahmed Hegazi shone despite West Brom losing 1-0 to Watford.

    Here’s a look at how these Arab footballers fared this weekend.

    MOHAMED SALAH – LIVERPOOL 2-0 NEWCASTLE

    The Egyptian ace was instrumental at Anfield, setting the grass alight with his smoking footwork and tireless workrate.

    The 25-year-old attacker has been a class act for Klopp’s side, weighing in with his 24th league goal of the season five minutes before the break.

    Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came racing through the middle, slipped the ball to Salah and the ace marksman drove the ball in off Martin Dubravka’s legs to put the Reds ahead.

    Saturday’s win moves Liverpool above Manchester United into second place – at least until the Red Devils take on Crystal Palace on Monday.

    Rating – 8/10

    KEY STATS

    Minutes – 90

    Goal – 1

    Shots – 5

    Shots on target – 1

    Key Passes – 2

    Passing Accuracy – 69.2%

    Touches – 51

    Passes – 26

    RIYAD MAHREZ – LEICESTER 1-1 BOURNEMOUTH

    It was another vintage performance from Mahrez as he earned Leicester a much deserved point against Bournemouth.

    The Algerian rescued the Foxes with a goal in the last kick of the game – showing just why he is an £80 million target for Arsenal and Manchester City this summer.

    Stepping up to take a free-kick just outside the box, the 26-year-old attacker curled the ball around the wall and past a stranded Asmir Begovic to spark wild celebrations for Claude Puel’s side.

    The 26-year-old is starting to show signs of his class again after a failed attempt to leave the club during the January transfer window.

    Rating – 8/10

    KEY STATS

    Minutes – 90

    Goal – 1

    Shots – 4

    Shots on target – 3

    Key Passes – 2

    Passing Accuracy – 69.8%

    Touches – 74

    Passes – 43

    AHMED HEGAZI – WATFORD 1-0 WEST BROM

    The Egyptian produced a below par performance as West Brom slumped to a fifth consecutive league defeat.

    It’s a rare occurrence these days for the Baggies to produce a showing to admire, and relegation beckons now for Alan Pardew’s side with eight matches left this term.

    One of the stars earlier in the season, Hegazi had defended resolutely up until Troy Deeney raced through for the winning goal with 13 minutes remaining.

    Although his distribution was poor – with a 50% pass accuracy – the 26-year-old made 10 clearances, won four aerial duels and two neat tackles.

    A mixed display on a day that he never quite got to grips with the elusive Deeney and Stefano Okaka.

    Rating – 5.5/10

    KEY STATS

    Minutes – 90

    Tackles – 2

    Clearances – 10

    Interceptions – 1

    Aerials won – 4

    Passing Accuracy – 50%

    Touches – 46

    Passes – 30

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