Klopp praises “outstanding” Salah

CAIRO-19 February 2021: Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp revealed that the club’s Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah set up an outstanding performance against RB Leipzig in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.

Salah scored the opening goal in the match to help his team secure a 2-0 win and put one foot in the prestigious competition’s quarter-finals.

“He played an outstanding game against Leipzig, and not only because he scored, no, for his efforts in all the other parts. Actually my favourite moment in the game, especially a knockout game, was when he won the headed challenge in our own box after 87 minutes or something like that, when Angelino was in his back and wanted to volley the ball in.” Klopp said on Friday.

Klopp added that he finds it strange to see that the Egyptian winger is not getting the praise he deserves.

The German head coach stated “It would be really strange and really unexplainable why he shouldn’t get the credit. He gets the credit here, internally, for sure for all these things.”

Salah scored 24 goals for Liverpool this season in all competitions and he is leading the race for the Golden Boot award in the Egyptian Premier League with 17 goals.