Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has downplayed claims by his manager Jurgen Klopp that he is currently the best player in the world.
The 29-year-old Egypt international has been in great form for the Reds in this campaign where he has managed to score 12 goals in 11 appearances and was labelled the best player in the world by Klopp after his wonder goal against Watford in the Premier League last week.
Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s visit to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, Salah told Sky Sports as quoted by the club’s official website: “It sounds great to me but I think it's always opinion. I can’t say I’m the best player in the world – some people agree, some people not.
“I'm just happy about my performance at the moment, but I would always say its opinion.
“It's always the ambition to be the best player in the world. I don't have to lie. It's something that drives me to work really hard and just try to be the best version of myself.
“In my head, I'm the best player all the time. I'm trying to have that confidence in my head. It doesn't matter if some people agree with you, some people not.”
On becoming the first Liverpool player to ever score in nine consecutive fixtures after his match-winning penalty against Atletico Madrid in the Uefa Champions League, Salah said: "I'm always looking at where I can improve.
"The goal against Man City was my right foot, a tight angle – I'm always practising after training, before training in the gym.
“I'm always thinking, 'If I'm in this situation, what can I do? How can I finish well? How can I pass the ball to someone to score?”
“The staff here work with me well to practise after training – finishing, cutting inside with the left foot. I'm not thinking I can relax, I'm always looking to improve.”
Salah has also revealed his unhappiness when people refer to Liverpool as underdogs.
“I hate the word that we are underdogs or something, who can't win something because of that or that. I'm always saying that we have to win something because we play for Liverpool,” Salah continued.
“When I first started to play in Egypt, I said, 'I want to play in Europe, I want to have the best career from an Egyptian player.' Then once I got in Basel, I said, 'No, I want to do something really special.'
“It's always in my mind like, 'You are here now – what do you want next?' I'm always trying to find something [to] drive me hard and drive me to work really hard and achieve what I want.
“It's always the next thing for me because once you accept where you are and just relax, you can start going down. Once you have the next target and the next target, that's what can drive you. That's how you achieve great things.
“I'm just trying my best to help the team to win games, to win trophies. I like to win things with the club. I like the club here a lot, I love the club.”
Peterdelaxy
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Yaah because there is someone who is best in the world.....LEO MESSI
Fazmil Affezan
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you're very humble human Mo , of course you can't say , but the fans who loves you always say that you're the best in the world ❤️❤️ #ynwa
Chelsea0
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U think ur the goat?😂
CR7-Ronaldo
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Salah Know Who Is Goat 🐐🐐🐐🐐 CR7
Vikash250
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If you say cr7 is your goat because he still scores pk at 36 but Zlathan is 40 now and still scores beautiful goals and not tap in. If you say cr7 is your goat because he has played in 4 different club but are you aware that Zlathan as played in more than 9 different clubs. If you think cr7 is your goat because at 36 he still strong , fit and still tap in goals for utd at 36 but are you aware that Zlathan is 40 and still plays in one of the5 top league of the world ,the question is will your goat cristiano still be capable of playing and score goals for a great club like Ac millan at 40? Are you aware that a goal scorer may not be the best player? At Euro2020 your goat was the highest goalscorer but Dunaruma was the best player of Euro 2020 even your goat didn't make list of best X1 at Eur2020 despite being the highest goals scorer. If you say cr7 is goat because he has the highest goals at international levels but are you aware that your goat has never won any best player in an international tournament? If you say cr7 is your goat because cr7 is a goal machine and a goal poacher but are you aware messi has 6 Golden shoes, 3 Golden shoes in a row ? your goat has only 4! Your goat is a goal machine but yet he has never come close to scoring 91 goals in a single season like Messi. If you say messi stole some Balloondor from some player , did Messi steal 6 Golden shoes from cr7 atleast golden shoes is not by voting and yet cr7 your goat has only 4 while Messi has 7! Are you aware that Messi is more successful at international levels than your goat? If you say cr7 is your goat because he has highest numbers of goals at international stage but are you aware that Messi has more individual awards and team trophies than cristiano at international levels? Your goat can't be true goat just because he has the highest numbers of follower on instagram because football is not played on instagram or on face book but on the pitch! Anyways, let your goat be your goat because Messi is the football goat!
myklm
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Logically you can't be best player with struggling at farmers Leaugue
Dennisind
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Logically you can't be best player with struggling at farmers Leaugue
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google the name of the player who scored the most goals against the big 6 english clubs.....spoiler alert: he never played in the prem
Absolutegenius
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Salah Know Who Is Goat 🐐🐐🐐🐐 CR7
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That's not what today's match says😂😂😂
UzbekUnited
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If you say cr7 is your goat because he still scores pk at 36 but Zlathan is 40 now and still scores beautiful goals and not tap in. If you say cr7 is your goat because he has played in 4 different club but are you aware that Zlathan as played in more than 9 different clubs. If you think cr7 is your goat because at 36 he still strong , fit and still tap in goals for utd at 36 but are you aware that Zlathan is 40 and still plays in one of the5 top league of the world ,the question is will your goat cristiano still be capable of playing and score goals for a great club like Ac millan at 40? Are you aware that a goal scorer may not be the best player? At Euro2020 your goat was the highest goalscorer but Dunaruma was the best player of Euro 2020 even your goat didn't make list of best X1 at Eur2020 despite being the highest goals scorer. If you say cr7 is goat because he has the highest goals at international levels but are you aware that your goat has never won any best player in an international tournament? If you say cr7 is your goat because cr7 is a goal machine and a goal poacher but are you aware messi has 6 Golden shoes, 3 Golden shoes in a row ? your goat has only 4! Your goat is a goal machine but yet he has never come close to scoring 91 goals in a single season like Messi. If you say messi stole some Balloondor from some player , did Messi steal 6 Golden shoes from cr7 atleast golden shoes is not by voting and yet cr7 your goat has only 4 while Messi has 7! Are you aware that Messi is more successful at international levels than your goat? If you say cr7 is your goat because he has highest numbers of goals at international stage but are you aware that Messi has more individual awards and team trophies than cristiano at international levels? Your goat can't be true goat just because he has the highest numbers of follower on instagram because football is not played on instagram or on face book but on the pitch! Anyways, let your goat be your goat because Messi is the football goat!
You just made no sense with this long rubbish you wrote.. how many UCL trophies and Ballon D’or does Zlatan have??? The only person you can compare with Ronaldo is Messi. Messi is the better player in my opinion, but sometimes Hardwork beats talent.. let that sink in!
Iron_man_FCB_Liv
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U think ur the goat?😂
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read the article then comment here it says current best not Greatest of all time and he is the current best according to many. He never claimed himself as the GOAT. U should feel nice about such words but u end up posting none