UEFA Champions League: Mohamed Salah, the irresistible Liverpool man
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool's top scorer in C1.
Paul ELLIS AFP
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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Mohamed Salah is irresistible this season.
Still author of a double Tuesday, October 19 against Atlético Madrid (3-2), the Pharaoh allowed Liverpool to get closer to qualifying for the eighth.
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Author of 12 goals and 4 assists in 11 matches in all competitions this season, the 29-year-old striker seems to have never been so strong and his coach does not hesitate to see him as the best player in the world.
“
He's at the top.
We all see it.
Who is better than him
?
“, Asked his coach Jürgen Klopp at the microphone of BT Sports after the victory (5-0) at Watford, last Saturday, marked by a splendid assist from Salah from outside the right and a goal after a number of soloist.
“
We don't need to recall everything Messi and Ronaldo have done for world football and their domination.
But at the moment, he is the best,
”insisted the German coach.
Salah erases Steven Gerrard's C1 record
Against Atlético Salah opened the scoring with a deflected strike (1-0, 8th) before transforming the penalty to the win (3-2, 78th), at the end of a match with twists and high tension. With his two goals, he not only erased Steven Gerrard from the number of goals scored for Liverpool in the Champions League with 31 units in 48 games, but he also became the first Red in history to shake the net in nine straight matches.
Unbeaten in their last 21 games in all competitions, the Reds have scored 30 goals in their last nine meetings and have scored at least three goals in their last seven trips.
And at their head, Salah also panics the counters.
On Saturday he joined Didier Drogba at the top of the Premier League's most prolific African players with 104 goals.
Already last season, Salah had delighted his supporters with 31 goals and 6 assists in all competitions.
Mohamed Salah is on the list of thirty nominated for the 2021 Ballon d'Or which will be awarded next November.
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