Klopp: Salah one of best strikers we’ve ever seen

JURGEN KLOPP hailed Mo Salah as one of the truly great strikers and said football fans in the future will one day reflect on his incredible statistics and appreciate just how special he has been.

Salah scored twice in a 2-1 win at Tottenham, clinching Liverpool’s first Premier League away win of the season and taking his personal tally to 14 goals in all competitions.

‘When you look back, everybody will remember one of the best strikers you ever saw because numbers will be absolutely insane,’ said Klopp. ‘He scored two goals and played like a real team player. Top performance and outstanding attitude.’

Salah fired Liverpool into an early lead and then pounced on a mistake by Eric Dier to double the score five minutes before half-time. ‘We were lucky in the first half,’ said Salah. ‘We played quite good and managed to score two goals. I’m focused on making a difference and managed to do so.’ Spurs pulled one back through Harry Kane but Liverpool survived late pressure, protected the lead and moved up to eighth. ‘This was big, absolutely big,’ said Klopp. ‘It was a tough game for everybody, a brilliant first half, with good football and world-class goals, then Tottenham coming back, taking a lot of risk.

‘It became pretty direct, they switched the sides, crossed the ball early and that makes it very difficult,’ the Liverpool boss added.