Sunday People

COADY: MO’S AN ENIGMA

- By Neil Moxley

CONOR COADY freely admits Mo Salah is one of the world’s best – but he doesn’t quite know how.

Wolves went the way of so many others this season as the Egypt internatio­nal (left) leapt to the top of the goalscorin­g charts.

His 11th goal of the campaign paved the way for a 2-0 victory that left Liverpool as the Christmas table-toppers.

But the skipper of the Black Country club, a former trainee with the Reds, was left scratching his head afterwards.

Coady said: “Salah is a clever footballer. You can study what he does before games but when it comes to the day, he’s just world class

“I don’t think he touches the ball that often – but when he does he manages to make the game his own. It’s a strange one.

“It was a great finish for his goal. It went through my legs in the end but it was a great finish.

“We played the game today to try and stop him. But he’s doing it week in, week out – you’ve got to mark him down as one of the world’s best.”

Wolves head to struggling Fulham on Boxing Day with Coady expecting a test against a side he believes will come out to play.

He said: “We have started off the season OK. But we have got to look at the goals and improve from that.

“Fulham is now a big game for us and I’m happy that it’s on Boxing Day.

“They are another team who move the ball well so we will have to be at it.”

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