He scored one goal in 8 matches.. Klopp: Salah's importance is not limited to scoring goals

German coach Jurgen Klopp is not worried about the level of his Egyptian top scorer, Mohamed Salah, before facing Benfica, the Portuguese, tomorrow, Tuesday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions League.

Salah appeared at an amazing level with Liverpool this season and scored 28 goals in all competitions, which raised speculation about his future.

Only 15 months remain in the 29-year-old's contract with Liverpool, and the Egyptian striker scored only once in the last eight matches with his club and country, where the goal came from a penalty kick during the confrontation against Brighton.

But Klopp is not concerned about the dearth of Salah goals recently, noting that he and his Senegalese colleague Sadio Mane are certainly feeling nervous after their participation with their country's teams in the African Nations Cup, before returning to Liverpool to help him compete for the four titles in which he participates.

Klopp believes that the role of Salah, the former Chelsea and Roma star, is not limited to scoring goals.

"Maybe he didn't score from an organized attack, maybe he scored from a penalty kick or something, but that's not important," Klopp said.

He added, "The level of play is important to me, the way he attracts the players of the competing teams in the moments when the ball is in his possession, maybe two or three players gather around him in these moments."

"Sometimes he can make the decision better, there is no doubt about that, pass the ball faster and all these things, but it is a difficult period for Sadio and Mo after the African Nations Cup and their immediate return to us."

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