He scored twice and assisted two other goals before getting substituted in the 75th minute.
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David de Gea was named as the sides’ goalkeeper after another tremendous season in goal at Old Trafford, while Mo Salah rounded off the selection.
So when Salah pipped the Belgian to the award later that evening you have to wonder how much the City midfielder actually cared?
On Monday, however, Salah was back on the training ground alongside the likes of Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino as the Reds prepared for Tuesday’s first leg against his former side at Anfield.
They will face off against Salah’s former club Roma, with the expectancy on them to progress to the final where they’ll dual off with either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. But, how do you handle Salah when he is on the pitch? “We wish him the best in his future endeavours”, Ahmad concluded.
Salah has, however, exceeded all expectations at Anfield, with his price tag now looking like quite the bargain as he chases down Golden Boot and Golden Shoe prizes to go with a PFA Player of the Year award.
“I feel great. I work hard and I’m very happy to win it”, Salah said after collecting the award.
Klopp said it was already a special campaign for record-breaking Salah after his individual award but wanted him to achieve something with the team. I always think about the team, I don’t think about myself.
“But we needed to pick one of the best three teams in Europe that were left, and now we are playing Liverpool”.
“The most important thing is to win something with the team and we’re very close now with the [Champions League] semi-final”.
“It’s not easy for me, I love the club, love the city, and I know they (Roma players) love me”, he said.
Egypt worldwide Mohamed Salah may be on his way out of Anfield this summer as Liverpool have reportedly slam a price tag on their star striker for a possible transfer move this summer.
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“However, I would have edged to De Bruyne because his performances have been like artwork and, in terms of his assists and controlling football matches, he has just been magical to watch”. That appears to be the case for rampaging Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah who has made the act of goal scoring in recent times a mere past time.
