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Mo Salah scored his 125th Premier League goal for Liverpool before claiming his 50th assist to help his side to a 3-1 win at Aston Villa on Boxing Day.

The 30-year-old is now only the second player ever to record at least 50 goals and 50 assists in the Premier League for Liverpool. Mo Salah scored his 125th Premier League goal for Liverpool to help his side to a 3-1 win at Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Mo Salah Reaches Landmarks For EPL Goals And Assists As Liverpool Win At Aston Villa

Ollie Watkins put Villa back in the game with a smart 59th minute header across goalkeeper Alisson Becker, before 18-year-old midfielder Bajcetic squeezed in ...

“It was brilliant for him,” Robertson said of his teenage teammate after the match. I’m all for the team. “I’m not into individual things.

The 23-year-old impressed at the World Cup with three goals in five appearances.

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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands: Liverpool appear to have won the race to sign Dutch international forward Cody Gakpo after PSV Eindhoven announced an agreement with ...

"PSV and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement on the proposed transfer of Cody Gakpo," PSV said in a statement. The Reds sit sixth in the Premier League, five points outside the top four places that secure qualification to the Champions League after a poor start to the season. EINDHOVEN, Netherlands: Liverpool appear to have won the race to sign Dutch international forward Cody Gakpo after PSV Eindhoven announced an agreement with the English giants on Monday.

Mohamed Salah became just the second Liverpool player to both score and assist 50 Premier League goals as they closed the gap on the top four with a 3-1 win ...

He dummied a cross he should have buried, missed a couple of chances you'd have liked him to score from, and opted to cross when the smart money was on the finish. Nunez had them up the wall with his runs in behind, and his remarkable ability to constantly be on the end of chances. One of the best in the world, for sure. He had been on the field less than three minutes by the time Olsen pushed Darwin Nunez's cross into his path. Klopp, though, thinks the world of Stefan Bajcetic, and what reward he got for his gamble here. One of the best Liverpool have ever had, for sure.

Cody Gakpo had been strongly linked with Manchester United for several months, but the dynamic forward is now set to join rivals Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Stefan Bajcetic got on the scoresheet as Liverpool held off Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Aston Villa's Lucas Digne challenges for the ball with Liverpool's Darwin Nunez (right) during their Premier League match. (AP pic).

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Hours after winning their boxing day Premier League game against Aston Villa, Liverpool's upper hierarchy have made a statement signing.

The midfield has been one of the prominent issues for the club. Liverpool have been plagued by an injury crisis and are in desperate need of reinforcements. His performances immediately put him on the radar of Liverpool scouts who moved in quickly after the 6'4 winger was heavily linked to rivals Manchester United. "PSV and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement on the proposed transfer of Cody Gakpo. Hours after winning their boxing day Premier League game against Aston Villa, Liverpool's upper hierarchy have made a statement signing. PSV Eindhoven, the club for whom Gakpo plays currently took to Twitter to announce the deal and said the 23-year-old will be travelling to England soon

Free highlights and match report as goals from Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Stefan Bajcetic helped move Jurgen Klopps Liverpool up to sixth in the ...

On closing the gap to the top four: "We have to be the pain in the backside for everybody. "The second half we needed to keep, again, our game plan and to try to get chances to score and opportunities to come back. One final run in behind the defence led to Liverpool's third goal. It proved decisive in the end. the possibility of having possession, don't concede the easy transition and, if someone lost his position, they done it and, second half, we reacted very well." In a difficult game we played a lot of good stuff. But the home side caused plenty of problems at the other end - and it made for a great game. We had some massive counter-attacks and could have scored the third goal much earlier. But such is the potency of this Liverpool team, going toe-to-toe with Salah and the rest always looked to be a risk. Watkins evaded Joel Matip to head the ball into the corner and the momentum looked to be with Emery's men. It was tough on Villa but Liverpool's quality told in the end. Ollie Watkins' expertly placed header halved the deficit and chances continued to flow at both ends in a wide-open contest with Darwin Nunez particularly wasteful.

How do you solve a problem like Darwin Nunez? Liverpool's response to that dilemma has now been made clear by their move to sign Cody Gakpo.

In 20 games in all competitions, the 23-year-old has scored nine goals and registered four assists, but it is the missed chances that have led to the spotlight being fixed on the forward. From a Liverpool perspective, Nunez is making up for his lack of goals with incredible work-rate for the team and an obvious desire to come through the tough times he is enduring. The signing of Gakpo is proof of that. [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364)'s response to that dilemma has now been made clear by their move to sign [Cody Gakpo](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/249524/Cody-Gakpo) in a £37 million transfer from [PSV Eindhoven](/soccer/team?id=148) -- a deal that has been done so quietly and efficiently that the [Netherlands](/soccer/team?id=449) forward [could be signed and sealed at Anfield as soon as the winter transfer window officially opens](/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4838646/liverpool-beat-man-united-to-agreement-for-cody-gakpo-with-psv) on Jan. Nunez is now entering a key period of his Liverpool career, however. Firmino has since become an undisputed Liverpool legend with his goals and performances, but there aren't many who can say they have turned a difficult situation around quite like the Placing too much emphasis on xG can be misleading, though. Nunez has scored just one "heavy" goal for Liverpool so far -- the winner in the 1-0 victory against West Ham in October -- so he needs to deliver more often in the big games when chances are at a premium and the value of goals is so much higher. Gakpo's arrival could be viewed in two ways by Nunez. [Darwin Nunez](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/271788/Darwin-Núñez)? [Sadio Mane](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/169797/Sadio-Mané) has moved on to [Bayern Munich](/soccer/team?id=132) in that time, and the [Senegal](/soccer/team?id=654) international has been a huge loss to Liverpool, but that exit has been counter-balanced by Salah committing himself to a new three-year contract in July. [Luis Diaz](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/257390/Luis-Díaz), [Diogo Jota](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/208133/Diogo-Jota) and [Roberto Firmino](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/147234/Roberto-Firmino) are all sidelined with injuries of varying severity right now, but when they are fully fit, adding them to a group that also includes [Mohamed Salah](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah), [Fabio Carvalho](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/231049/Fabio-Carvalho) and Nunez will ensure a regular selection headache for Klopp, even before Gakpo is brought into the equation.

The Dutch World Cup star fills a gap that has emerged in the Liverpool team, and may provide solutions elsewhere in the future.

The move to Liverpool will test whether he can make the step up. The 23-year-old fills that immediate need for a wide forward on the left with Diaz and Jota out injured. 8 shirt usually given to a midfielder, he played a more central role either as a striker or as an attacking midfielder between two wide forwards. The Senegalese didn’t look like a typical target man but was nevertheless effective in this role. The transfer rumour mill, when combined with video games and fantasy football, can lead to a skewed perception of how soccer’s transfer market works. Standing at around 6 foot 2, he looks more like a typical target man but is perhaps most effective as a winger. It was likely accelerated by a setback to the recovery of Luis Diaz from injury. Names such as Jude Bellingham, Enzo Fernandez, and Moises Caicedo have been linked with the club, but wanting a player, and them being available, are two separate things. It doesn’t necessarily affect their pursuit of a midfielder. He has played mostly on the left wing for PSV, cutting inside onto his stronger right foot, but for the Netherlands, as seen at the World Cup where he wore the No. It is something the club are looking to address, and something they tried to do in a fashion at the end of the 2022 summer transfer window with the last-minute signing of Arthur. The transfer is a rare example of a club needing to fill a gap in their squad midseason and a quality player potentially able to fill it being available at the right time.

How will Cody Gakpo fit in at Liverpool? GOAL looks at whether the PSV winger will be Roberto Firmino's replacement, Darwin Nunez's partner or Mohamed ...

The deal is expected to cost an initial £37 million (€42m/$45m), rising to around £44m (€50m/$53m) when add-ons are factored in. The formalities are still to be finalised, but Gakpo is heading for Merseyside for a medical and it is expected that the transfer will be completed by the time the transfer window officially opens on January 1. [as it emerged that they had agreed a deal with PSV Eindhoven to sign the Dutch international forward Cody Gakpo.](https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-advanced-talks-50m-gakpo-transfer-beat-man-utd-to-netherlands-star/bltefe54732b6c5ed14)

Liverpool have reached an agreement to sign Cody Gakpo for a fee between £35m and £45m from PSV; Jurgen Klopps side need to make up ground on the top four ...

Gakpo has all the attributes required of a modern forward and after his perfect treble at the World Cup had clubs across Europe scrambling for his signature before Liverpool won the race. "It wouldn't surprise me if they did something else in the midfield but Gakpo is an exciting signing. Premier League rules require completed documents by midday of the last working day before the match. As a result, Liverpool's forward options are reduced to Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez. That mentality will have impressed his suitors as much as his league-topping tally of goals and assists. His steadily rising goals and assists-per-90 minutes stats for his club show that extra homework is paying off.

A Liverpool player has been urged to leave the club sooner rather than later following the announcement of Cody Gakpo's move to Anfield.

But it has to be the right club, it has to fit their style of football. This would ensure he is comfortable as it is his home country – potentially allowing the starlet to flourish. And with Liverpool looking to make it a successful season, signings like Gakpo are incredibly important. In Doak’s case though, he is too inexperienced to get a starting spot right now. But the opportunity has to be there for them to go out and play football on loan. And the two sides soon agreed an initial £37million fee, with an extra £13m also up for grabs to PSV through add-ons.

Liverpool are, of course, on the hunt for new midfield options, and they look to have signed a forward in the form of Cody Gakpo, but in the medium term, ...

Ibrahima Konaté is also there, of course, and is still just 23, while Joe Gomez is 25. [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3960481/2022/12/03/chelsea-josko-gvardiol-transfer/) report that [Chelsea](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fschedule%2Fliverpool-chelsea-alonso-fa-cup-17852965&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj42qzbxJf8AhWxUKQEHSckCh8QFnoECAIQAg&usg=AOvVaw2j8lpDP8qlnsG6sD5u_3UR) have been told to pay £79m ($96m/€90m) for him), the Inter man, who [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/milan-skriniar/profil/spieler/204069) rate at £53m ($64m/€60m), would be a free transfer. [Joško Gvardiol](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-transfer-bid-konate-chelsea-25771913&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwip_N3DxJf8AhUFUqQEHWYIAh8QFnoECAIQAg&usg=AOvVaw2I3mQAWhNu2IlvMbF7iONg), who impressed hugely for Croatia at the World Cup and has been earmarked as one of the top emerging defenders in the world for some time. His first priority, though, is defending. [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Virgil van Dijk](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fschedule%2Fvan-dijk-dribbled-past-liverpool-16699029&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjBl8O3xJf8AhUYVKQEHXadBiAQFnoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw3VYBK02-OcLKdWw3aQME4B) is also a similar age. [PSG](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ftransfer-news%2Farthur-liverpool-transfer-tchouameni-psg-25134457&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjiuZqexJf8AhXHUKQEHTMFB1AQFnoECAIQAg&usg=AOvVaw1vwsy0KoGb4f-ZYsXqJ8Ft), Manchester City, [Chelsea](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fschedule%2Fliverpool-chelsea-alonso-fa-cup-17852965&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjcro-kxJf8AhX5VqQEHdl6DSAQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw0ps6UqBeNzXEjHPJe-ftAE), Newcastle United and others who are interested, according to the same report — can begin negotiating a move. [TeamTalk](https://www.teamtalk.com/liverpool/exclusive-milan-skriniar-liverpool-tottenham-ready-submit-offers-one-of-best-free-agents-busy-race-psg), Liverpool are among the clubs taking a look at 27-year-old Inter centre-back [Milan Škriniar](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ftransfer-news%2Fliverpool-transfer-advantage-inter-milan-24020208&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjy6NDkxJf8AhWwU6QEHRl_Bx8QFnoECAMQAg&usg=AOvVaw1IponscfkWXzmI_0nOtgOC), who, as it stands, will be available for no transfer fee in the summer, because his contract is set to expire. [Antonio Rüdiger](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ftransfer-news%2Fliverpool-transfer-joel-matip-chelsea-21643029&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjO372qxJf8AhUGSPEDHZx0BlwQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw300JSCNm97TkV1cM4XKPuP) and Marquinhos among the top-10 players [FBref](https://fbref.com/en/players/30f5ffa9/Milan-Skriniar) has him being statistically similar to. Joël Matip is out of contract in the summer of 2024 (18 months away) and will be 33 by then. Perhaps the summer of 2023 will be slightly too soon for Liverpool to want a defender — or maybe more accurately, it will be too soon to think about that because of the other priorities they have to take care of — but sooner rather than later, they are going to have to address what the long term looks like in that position. Liverpool are, of course, on the hunt for new midfield options, and they look to have signed a forward in the form of Cody Gakpo, but in the medium term, their defence will need looking at too.

Jurgen Klopp is unlikely to settle for just Cody Gakpo as a new signing in January - and plans are reportedly underway to add a second signing at Liverpool.

And they report that Klopp is a huge fan of the player, liking his dynamism and characteristics. And the Ligue 1 giants currently represent the biggest rivals to Liverpool for Amrabat’s signature, the report adds. And his performances have enhances speculation that a move to the Premier League could be on the cards. The midfielder played a leading role as his country reached the semi-finals of the World Cup. Gakpo will likely sign a deal with the Reds tying him to Anfield until summer 2027. The PSV frontman was one of the world’s most in-demand stars on the back of a devastating run of form in the Eredivisive and in Europe.

Liverpool came out victorious in a high-tempo match at Villa Park on Boxing Day in the Premier League.

[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/5XstioL80j5xvix2FgayOv?si=c6005a65bcb245e7) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdlFklV55ZttMuLE6hf3FdA) [Jordan Henderson](https://www.si.com/soccer/liverpool/exclusive-interviews/exclusive-i-dont-think-his-time-is-up-glen-johnson-on-jordan-henderson-being-a-starter) and Fabinho who were both alongside Thiago. The last game of a turbulent and unpredictable 2022 for Liverpool Football Club. The English forward would get his goal, though, as he scored a header from a sublime cross by Douglas Luiz. Liverpool were clearly on the nice list this year as Santa Claus delivered three points under the tree for the Reds.