Klopp urges slow Mo to keep calm
JURGEN KLOPP has revealed he is helping Mo Salah to ensure a dip in form and confidence doesn’t turn into a full-blown crisis.
The Liverpool boss knows his star striker is unhappy with missing chances at the start of the campaign after a record-breaking 44 goals last season.
But on the eve of a visit to Napoli’s intimidating Stadio San Paolo, Klopp urged calm because this is exactly the sort of cycle even the greatest go through.
He said: “Be relaxed, completely relaxed, because there is no need for anything else. The quality is there and so everything is fine.
“Forty four goals last year, then you don’t score from the first day of this season. Of course something changes. That happens.
“If you don’t score 10 goals in your first seven games, everybody asks if you can do it again.
“It’s natural. Even they talk about this with Harry Kane. Now he scored two goals last week but before that he was ‘Not even half he was last year’ is what people were saying.
“But even Ian Rush didn’t score 40 goals season after season. That’s not how it works.”
Klopp will keep his faith in Salah against Napoli despite the brilliant scoring form of Daniel Sturridge.
He said: “They know I didn’t score, so next time I pass. But it is about judging the situation. Can I shoot? Yes. Score.”