Klopp maintains Salah wants to stay at Liverpool after Egyptian scores against Villa

Mohamed Salah was among the scorers as Liverpool outclassed Aston Villa on the way to a 3-0 win on Sunday.

The Egyptian, who was the subject of a huge £150 million bid from Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad this week, tapped home Liverpool's final goal to complete a comfortable victory at Anfield.

The Merseysiders had taken the lead after just three minutes when Dominik Szoboszlai's thumping drive flew through a crowded penalty box and into the corner of Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez's net.

Liverpool's second came when Darwin Nunez's shot hit the post but was turned into his own net by the unfortunate Matty Cash in the 22nd minute.

At that point, Villa were being overrun and a repeat of their opening weekend 5-1 battering at Newcastle United looked on the cards.

But there was to be only one more goal when Salah tapped home 10 minutes into the second half after Nunez had flicked on Andrew Robertson's corner.

It was Liverpool's third win in a row and maintained their unbeaten start to the new campaign that has seen them take 10 points from a possible 12. They sit in third place, two points behind leaders Manchester City.

But it is the future of 31-year-old Salah that remains the big talking point with reports suggesting that Al Ittihad will come back with a £200 million offer before the Saudi league transfer window closes on September 7.

“You know it is football everyone is talking,” said summer signing from German side RB Leipzig Szoboszlai after the match. “We are really happy that he has stayed.

“We are of course speaking between each other but he wants to stay, he wants to be here and be with us. We are really happy – we need people in the team like him.”

Heading into the international break with a win