Micah Richards couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing when Mo Salah struck late twice against Everton to seal the lion’s share of the points for Liverpool.
The Englishman continues to find the Reds attacker’s efficiency in front of goal ‘staggering’ despite it being ‘one of the worst games’ he’d seen the Egyptian have.
“How good is Mo Salah? Seriously,” the former Manchester City star spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live (via BBC Sport).
“That was one of the worst games I’ve seen him play the other day in the derby. He was trying to take people on, wasn’t working; dribbling wasn’t great; trying to make runs wasn’t really coming on.
“But then strokes a penalty home like he’s got the most confidence ever.
“Then on the counter-attack, he’s just so cool in front of goal; he’s so, so good in front of goal it’s staggering.
“For a player not to be playing well and just find the net like he does… I just think he’s an outstanding player and he’s so consistent with it, with scoring goals.
“Maybe not playing the best every single week but scoring goals… wow, what a player.”
It takes the 31-year-old’s league tally up to 11 goal contributions (seven goals and four assists) in nine games.
Liverpool made the right call this summer
Putting aside the potential stupidity of selling your top player with mere days left in the window to somehow find a replacement worthy of filling his boots, we undoubtedly made the right call in staving off Saudi interest.
12 goal contributions in 11 games across all competitions is quite the start to the campaign from Salah and yet further proof of his continued importance.
The inevitable question, of course, is whether we’ll be able to withstand more money being thrown at us next summer with the player’s contract then having only a year left before expiry.
Perhaps Liverpool will have no choice in the matter but to offer our star man yet another extension – if he’s open to the possibility!
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