Magic Mo hits landmark with 150th Liverpool goal
Mohamed Salah said he was proud to score his 150th goal
for Liverpool as the Egypt forward helped inspire a 3-1 win against Norwich last Saturday (Feb 19).
Jurgen Klopp’s side were stunned when Milot Rashica’s
deflected strike put Norwich ahead early in the second half
at Anfield.
But Liverpool drew level through Sadio Mane’s overhead kick before taking the lead through Salah’s landmark
effort.
Salah is only the 10th player
to reach 150 goals for Liverpool and the second fastest to the milestone after Roger Hunt.
Luis Diaz scored his first Liverpool goal in his fourth appearance since his January move from Porto to wrap up a win that kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Salah has scored 25 in 30 appearances this season, including 17 in 23 league matches, while the Reds have won their last eight games in all competitions.
“It feels great. I’m always proud to score for this club and
the most important thing is to
win games which is what we did today,” Salah said.
“What we can do is focus on each game and that’s the most important thing.
“We know when you fight with City, most of the time they win games so all we can do is focus on ourselves and see what happens at the end of the season.”
Klopp was asked to name his favourite Salah goal and gave a long list in reply, underlining
the Egyptian’s enduring
value to Liverpool.
“Today was a really cheeky one, to be honest. I remember the Chelsea goal, comes inside and thunderbolt in the corner, a few of the dribbles against City and Watford, the United goal as well, the Champions League one at City as well was very special,” Klopp said.
“I can probably not remember all 150 but I can remember a lot and there were some really good goals.
“The first was at Watford (in August 2017) was probably the easiest. No one could
imagine when he scored the first that he could score 149 in
such a short period of time.”
Manchester City unexpectedly slipped up against Tottenham at home, with England captain Harry Kane scoring an inury time winner in a 3-2 win.
“We didn’t need to lose a game to know how hard it is [to win the league],” said City
boss Pep Guardiola. “There are many, many games still to play.”
At time of press, City led by six points but Liverpool had chance to close to within three points when they faced Leeds United at home on Wednesday (Feb 23).