IAN LADYMAN: Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz are pushing Mo Salah to even greater heights
2 years, 10 months ago

IAN LADYMAN: Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz are pushing Mo Salah to even greater heights

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If you ever want to imagine what it must be like playing against Mo Salah, a look at the closing moments of Liverpool’s win against Newcastle would be instructive. Mo Salah was voted Player of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association this week He last won it when scoring 32 goals in the 2017-18 Premier League season and perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay him is that he is actually even better this year. But Salah has been a better footballer — a better functioning part of Jurgen Klopp’s team — than he has ever been. Salah remains fundamental and is now a better functioning part of Jurgen Klopp’s team However, Salah’s worth to his team has endured during this spell and that has largely been due to effort, a developed understanding of team ethic and perhaps his own sheer bloody-mindedness. Jordan Pickford’s tardiness at goal-kicks was clear in the Merseyside derby eight days ago and Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli was arguably even worse in the Champions League game at Anfield three days later.

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