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Jürgen Klopp's move to help Mohamed Salah shine again

Between injuries and departures, Mohamed Salah has struggled to make an impact in Liverpool's tough start to the season

By Charles Cornwall

05/09/2022, 03:24 PM

Between injuries and departures, Mohamed Salah has struggled to make an impact in Liverpool's tough start to the season

The attacking sector of the team coached by Jurgen Klopp is still far from being that lethal weapon that won games left and right, with the Egyptian player, Mohamed Salah, the current star of the Reds who is not going through his best moment due to injuries to teammates and the departure of his partner in attack, Sadio Mane, reflecting the lack of a partner with the numbers he is currently managing after 7 games played in the Premier League.

Taking a quick glance at Salah's productivity in seven games today, the goal percentage (three goals) stands out above all else, falling well short of the ten goals that Erling Haaland of Manchester City has today, with this Norwegian player competing directly with Robert Lewandowski, who also had a spectacular start to his career with Barcelona.

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In comparison to what has already been achieved by the City killer, what Salah has achieved today seems to be an indicator of the bad moment he is living, although the difference between the numbers of one player and another lies in the general functioning of the team and not only in the individual, highlighting the multiple casualties of Liverpool and the few options that Salah has to associate on the field, because until this game against Everton is that Darwin Nuñez and Diojo Jota appeared to help the Egyptian.

With the reincorporation of Jota and Núñez, the offensive sector has been strengthened by a large margin, and although the result was not reflected in the goalless draw against Everton, the chances created in attack were not only at the feet of Salah, with Darwin having the highest number of shots on goal. In fact, Salah even came close to scoring his fourth goal of the campaign in the closing minutes, but great work from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford kept his side's goal in check.

While some have suggested that Salah's slump began at the end of last season when he scored just five times in his last 20 games, the truth is that he has been concentrating more on the final passes that lead to goals this season, with his performances against Crystal Palace and Bournemouth demonstrating that.

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Although the goals are not going the Egyptian's way at the moment, the productivity in passes and assists remains constant, and Jurgen Klopp can take advantage of this factor and play around Salah's qualities again, with both Jota and Núnez having to take advantage of every ball from their teammate to increase the club's goalscoring quota so that they can move out of the seventh place they currently occupy.

 

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