Mohamed Salah - Photo Courtesy Liverpool Media.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has sang the praise of forward Mohamed Salah after the player set another record in the 6-3 Premier League victory against Tottenham on Sunday.
The Egyptian international rose to fourth place on Liverpool’s list of all-time top goalscorers. On his 373rd appearance for the club, Salah scored his 228th and 229th goals by netting a double at Tottenham Hotspur.
In doing so, Salah moved above the legendary Billy Liddell, who ended his Reds career with 228 strikes from 534 appearances between 1946 and 1960.
Salah’s remarkable haul since arriving on Merseyside in 2017 includes 170 Premier League goals, 44 in the Champions League, six FA Cup strikes, five in the Europa League, three in the League Cup and one Community Shield goal.
“You have an idea before you start working with players, but the best way to judge them – or to experience them – is when you start to work with them. I think Mo shows what he has shown for so many years at Liverpool, that he can score a goal and the team just has to provide him to come into these positions where he came today many times. Then he is able to score goals or provide assists,” said Slot after the game.
“Apart from him being a very good football player, I think he is a very likeable person to work with as well. He is always there to help his teammates. He is always down to earth, so tomorrow – or even now, I think – he will work on his recovery.
“He understands what it takes to be at this level every three days and he is working really hard for that. So, that maybe impressed me most – that a top player like him understands how hard he has to work for the quality he shows.”
Just three men have now scored more times for Liverpool than the current No.11: Ian Rush (346), Roger Hunt (285) and Gordon Hodgson (241).
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