He's out of luck, out of goals, out of form, apparently out of confidence, and possibly out of the team.
But I can guarantee that Mo Salah will be thinking right now: 'I haven’t scored a goal in open play since February, so it’s written in the stars I’ll break the drought this weekend.' How can I tell you that? Because I’ve been there myself, many times. All strikers have, even the greatest of them.
It is just as much part of being a goalscorer as actually putting the ball in the net, because it is how you deal with the barren spells which is the gauge of quality as a forward. The best of them, the world-class ones, think differently: they always believe a run of games without a goal is merely a sign that one is just around the corner. And there will be an iron belief it will be a spectacular one… a match-winner in the biggest game.
