Garth Crooks has heaped praise on Liverpool's Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian's performance against Watford on Saturday.

Salah assisted Sadio Mane's opener of the 5-0 thrashing, before getting on the scoresheet himself with another world class finish, similar to his effort against Manchester City before the international break.

The BBC pundit has named his team of the week for matchday eight and there's room for Liverpool trio Virgil van Dijk, Roberto Firmino and Salah.

Van Dijk made the cut alongside West Ham's Angelo Ogbonna and Caglar Soyuncu, as Crooks described the Dutchman as 'imperious as ever'.

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Firmino was certainly a man of the match contender against Watford with his second hat-trick for the club and rightfully earned a place in Crooks' team.

The pundit said: "It is not often someone scores a hat-trick in the Premier League and isn't named man of the match. However, that's what happened to Firmino.

"The Brazil forward was in blistering form against Watford but not in the same class as Salah."

It was Salah that earned most of the plaudits with his seventh league goal and fourth assist of the campaign.

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"The ball from Salah for Sadio Mane which produced Liverpool's opening goal against a totally outclassed Watford had me applauding in front of the television," Crooks continued.

"Why Danny Rose wants to go toe-to-toe with Salah and not insist that at least one of his team-mates provides him with some assistance on that side I don't know.

"Didn't Rose see Salah take four world-class defenders apart against Manchester City and finish with frightening composure?

"As for Craig Cathcart, he needed a ticket to get back in the ground after Salah had dumped him on his backside and left him sliding towards the touchline before finishing a glorious solo effort.

"Salah is simply unplayable at the moment."