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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has labelled forward Mohamed Salah as a ‘special player’ after the Egyptian forward set a new milestone with the Premier League club following his goal in the 2-1 UEFA Champions League against Lille on Tuesday.
By scoring against the Ligue 1 outfit, the former AS Roma and Chelsea player became the first in the club's history to reach a half-century of strikes in Europe. It was Salah’s 50th goal in Europe for Liverpool - with 44 coming in the Champions League, five in last season's Europa League and one in Champions League qualifying.
“Special is I think the word that describes most Mo's performance at this club the best. Maybe there are even better words to use, but he's been outstanding for this club for so many years and still he does [it],” said Slot as quoted by Liverpool’s official website.
“Today [it was] a great goal. If Mo goes on a one-v-one there's a serious chance that he is going to score, but this goal we scored probably tells you a lot about why we are top of the league and why we are doing so well, because the work-rate from the players that won the ball back before Curtis [Jones] gave a great pass towards Mo, that tells you why we're doing so well.”
His latest strike extended his record as the club’s leading European goalscorer and he has now scored 20 Champions League goals at Anfield.
The goal against Lille was his 22nd goal of the season, while he has managed 17 assists. He is currently on 233 Liverpool goals, just eight shy of Gordon Hodgson, who is third in the Reds’ list of all-time top scorers.
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