Emile Heskey has pinpointed Mohamed Salah as the standout player of the Premier League season so far and tipped Liverpool to win the title. The Reds' top scorer has registered 21 goals, with 18 coming in the league, while also contributing 17 assists across all competitions.

As a result of such blistering form, the former Reds striker says he cannot look past the current No.11 for his best performer of the campaign to date and while the ex-England international Heskey thinks complacency set in during last week's 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield, he has backed Arne Slot's men to win league title No.20 in May.

"It's difficult to actually look further than Mo Salah," Heksey told Instant Casino. "Numbers-wise, I know there was a lot of talk about him, he didn't necessarily have a great game against United, but he still scored.

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"And the reality is, as a manager, if you're 1-0 down and he's having a stinker, do you take him off? You don't take him off. You know he's going to get you a goal somehow. I would say Mo Salah is probably my standout in that sense."

Heskey added: "Liverpool are in a powerful position right now where they've got everything in their own hands. Do I expect them to drop any points? I don't.

"But as we know with the Premier League, the reason we love it is because we know teams at the top will slip up at some time, and it will be the one that no-one expects.

"The Manchester United game reminded me of last season's FA Cup game, everyone was even going into that one saying that Liverpool are going to win it 5 or 6-0. United won that, didn't they? And then the league game at United as well, they won.

"United are looking like a team that, away from home, are not too bad. But they're still on rocky grounds. If there is one game that they could really get the United fans back on their side is a game against Liverpool and they did that.

"You've got to give it to them, they played some good football. Liverpool weren't at the races. The funny thing is you shouldn't be turning up to games against United thinking that it's won before a whistle starts, but it looked that way."