Peter Crouch has admitted that he’s been blown away by how motivated Mo Salah looks for Liverpool so far this season.
The Egypt international came off the bench to make the game safe with a late penalty in last night’s 2-0 win over Midtjylland in the Champions League.
In doing so, Salah made it eight goals from all competitions for Liverpool since the 2020-21 campaign kicked off – and seven of those are in the Premier League.
It looks like being another goal-laden season for the 28-year-old attacker under Jurgen Klopp.
And although Crouch claims that he remains as ‘selfish’ as ever, the former Liverpool striker is still stunned by the star’s output.
He told The Mirror: “He just looks so on it. From the moment we kicked off the season you just saw how sharp he was, his passing his movement, it’s just all gone up another level. He’s incredible.
“Salah’s goal record is ridiculous and I feel like he’s started the season so sharp. In all his play he just looks unplayable at times. Early on when he came and he got his 44 goals [in the 2017/18 season] he was shooting from everywhere, and you felt that the pass was the last resort, but now he’s coming inside and looking for people.Don’t get me wrong I still think he’s selfish, because he’s got a right to be, but the way he plays those passes.”
Salah had a subdued season last time around in comparison to his own sky-high standards, only netting 23 times in all competitions – 21 less than what he scored during the 2017-18 campaign.
But this time around it looks like a return of the Salah that Liverpool fans know and love and from their perspective, long may his purple patch last.
With Virgil van Dijk out for the season, it’s more important than ever that Klopp’s side out-score every opponent and with the former Roma and Chelsea star in attack, that’s very possible.
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