Tag: Salah
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I don’t sacrifice my game for Mane and Salah – Firmino
Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino says he’s happy with his role in manager Jurgen Klopp’s setup. Firmino has dismissed claims he sacrifices himself to allow team-mates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane flourish. The Brazilian, 30, has scored 34 Premier League goals since the start of the 2018-19 campaign – 39 fewer than Salah and 22 fewer…
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EPL: Cristiano Ronaldo superior to Salah – Solskjaer
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Cristiano Ronaldo is a superior striker to Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah. The pair will face-off on Sunday at Old Trafford. Solskjaer offered his thoughts on the Salah-Ronaldo comparisons. “I will always back Cristiano Ronaldo in any competition,” he said. “His goal-scoring record is fantastic. That said, Mohamed Salah is…
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Salah not the best in the world – Thierry Henry
Arsenal great Thierry Henry isn’t buying into the hype around Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah. For many inside the game, Salah is currently the best player in the world. But Henry says: “He’s not the best in the world yet. “The goals he is scoring right now are fantastic, but how can you forget (Robert) Lewandowski…
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EPL: Salah not up to Messi standard – Andros Townsend
Everton attacker Andros Townsend says it’s wrong to liken Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah to Leo Messi. Jamie Carragher has claimed that the Egyptian international was currently the best player in Europe. Jamie O’Hara later claimed that Salah was the closest thing the English game had to Lionel Messi, but Townsend was having none of that…
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Salah equals Gerrard’s Champions League record
Mohamed Salah equalled Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool record for most Champions League/European Cup goals at Anfield with his strike against AC Milan on Wednesday. The goal was Salah’s 14th in the Champions League at Anfield, going level with Reds legend Gerrard. Salah had scored just three Champions League goals in his career before moving to Liverpool…
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Salah scores 100th EPL goal in Liverpool win
Liverpool kept pace with the Premier League’s leading pack as Mohamed Salah’s 100th English top-flight goal helped them to victory at Leeds. The game was somewhat marred, though, by a serious injury to young midfielder Harvey Elliott, who was stretchered off following an initially innocuous-looking sliding challenge from Pascal Struijk that ultimately saw the Leeds…
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Premier League week 1 results
Mohamed Salah scored one and provided two assists as Liverpool got their Premier League title bid off to a winning start with a comfortable victory at newly promoted Norwich City. Salah got his side’s third to become the first player to score on the opening weekend in five consecutive Premier League campaigns and cap a…
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Real Madrid to offer Hazard to Liverpool in talks for Salah
Real Madrid are ready to offer Eden Hazard to Liverpool in talks for Mohamed Salah. While PSG striker Kylian Mbappe is their top attacking target this summer, if a deal cannot be struck, Real will make an attempt for Salah. And with the aim of also offloading Hazard in the coming weeks, Real are willing…
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Liverpool play better without Salah – James
Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James says Mohamed Salah should be sold. James insists Liverpool play better without Salah. He told the Mirror: “The idea that they’ll spend mega-millions is very unlikely, I think they will have to send players away. “He may be second in the Golden Boot, but I think Liverpool play better without…
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What Salah said after I dived against Liverpool – Wolves defender
Wolves defender Conor Coady has revealed he was rapped by Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah for diving earlier this season. Coady, a former Reds defender, was caught up in simulation controversy when he went to ground and Wolves were awarded a penalty on their Premier League visit to Liverpool in December, with the decision by referee…