Jürgen Klopp’s first opinion of Mohamed Salah, after being supplied with hours of footage by Liverpool’s recruitment department in the summer of 2017, painted him as an interesting winger but definitely “not the finishing monster.” That would soon change.
Across his nine-year career on Merseyside, Salah’s scoring record was as incredible as it was indiscriminate. All too eager to speed behind high lines while also boasting the craft to pick his way through a low block, there weren’t many opponents that came out of an encounter with Salah unscathed. As many as 56 different sides found themselves on the sharp end of the Liverpool legend’s cutting edge across all competitions.
