Salah sends sizzling message to Benzema, starts Liverpool vs Real VARdrid crossfire

While all the UEFA Champions League round of 16 fixtures look promising and interesting, the game between Liverpool and Real Madrid undoubtedly stole the spotlight as the most intriguing clash of February, not least because the two sides have already contested two finals in the competition and there are two elite strikers who not so long ago also played for the Golden Ball trophy.

After the draw for the competition, one of the first players to react to the clash between Spain and England was Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah, who without saying anything and only leaving a picture of his latest goal scored against Tottenham Hotspur a few days ago, gave Real Madrid a hint of his danger and his desire to face them.

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Although many may say that the picture that the "Pharaoh" posted on his social networks has nothing to do with his next European Champions League rival, the truth is that the image lends itself to a myriad of interpretations that let the imagination of fans of both the Reds and Merengues flow, with some comments pointing to Real Madrid and Karin Benzema as the Egyptian's next victims.

While it is true that Real Madrid's French striker beat the Liverpool player to last season's Player of the Year trophy, the fact is that Benzema has failed to make much of a difference in the Champions League through six group games in the current campaign, the complete opposite of what Salah has achieved with his seven goals making him the competition's joint-top scorer.

<strong>Salah is on fire</strong>

With an average of more than a goal per game, the Egyptian attacker closed a good individual performance in the European competition, looking now in the Premier League to continue with that consistency of play that allows him to arrive in excellent physical and footballing form in the month of February, wanted the "Pharaoh" to remove that thorn of always being beaten by Real Madrid, because if they do, they would undoubtedly become one of the favourites to win their seventh Orejona in their history.