Jurgen Klopp Defends Mohamed Salah After Graeme Souness Calls Liverpool Star ‘Selfish’

Mohamed Salah continued his sensational run in Premier League 2019-20 as he scored two targets in opposition to Brighton and guided Liverpool to a 3-1 triumph. Although, the Egyptian ahead was at his prime within the final encounter, he was slammed by many followers together with former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness for being ‘egocentric.’ Salah was accused of not passing the ball to better-placed teammates in the course of the match. Souness wasn’t amused with the striker’s show as he claimed that Salah took ‘to a different stage’ as he wished to win the Golden Boot award for the third successive season. Nevertheless, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has defended his prime marksman by calling him motivated and enthusiastic. Liverpool vs Brighton 3–1, Premier League Match End result: Mohamed Salah’s Brace Helps Liverpool Beat Brighton.

By scoring two targets in opposition to Brighton, the Egyptian ahead braced his tally to 19 targets within the season – three behind prime scorer Jamie Vardy. Mohamed Salah, who shared the golden boot award with teammate Sadio Mance final yr and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang final yr, has been getting the title because the final two seasons and is effectively within the hunt to get the feat for the third consecutive time.

Responding to Souness’s claims, Klopp defended Salah’s urge to get the feat once more. “He’s a striker, how can it not be a motivation for him? However the final two years he has received the Golden Boot. Final yr he shared it with Sadio (Mane) and Auba (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang) and that’s at all times vital. However in the long run you possibly can solely rating whenever you carry out effectively and he did that tonight,” stated Klopp in quotes reported by the Liverpool Echo.

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Klopp, nevertheless, additionally admitted that extra targets may have been scored within the sport. Nevertheless, he lauded his facet’s efficiency on the Amex.

“In order that was actually good. In case you are too centered on targets, which they are not, then you don’t transfer to be in the fitting conditions, however the targets we scored tonight are actually good. We may have scored extra, that’s true,” he added.

Liverpool have already secured the Premier League title. Nevertheless, they’re concentrating on Manchester Metropolis’s report for the Premier League’s best-ever factors tally. Manchester turned the primary crew to amass 100 factors throughout their title win in 2017-18 season. Nevertheless, the Reds have already secured 92 factors and with 4 matches left to be performed, they will effectively get the report.

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