Michael Owen has explained why he thinks Mo Salah will end the season as Liverpool’s top scorer.
Although the Egyptian king has just three goals in his first 10 Premier League games, he is the club’s top scorer after netting five times in four Champions League appearances, as well as his penalty in the Community Shield clash with Manchester City at the start of the season. .
Bobby Firmino, who has been in brilliant form for Jurgen Klopp’s side this season, is just one goal behind former AS Roma in the scoring charts, but the former Red Owen is confident the consistency of our No. 11 will help him. will keep you on top. place.
“Well, I think if you ask anybody, any Liverpool fan, to predict who will be Liverpool’s top scorer at the end of the season, I would be very surprised if many said it’s not Mo Salah,” Owen told the Mirror. via Rousing The Kop).
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“He’s just a constant source of goals, he has been for a few years. You may have been surprised when he first came in and scored all those goals. But I think it’s over when it comes to people thinking it was a flash in the pan.”
Summer signing Darwin Nunez appears to be finally finding his feet at his new club and put in another impressive performance against West Ham at Anfield on Wednesday night.
The Uruguayan has three goals in his last four appearances and his game-winner against the Hammers took his tally for the season to five.
Many have questioned Salah’s position this season, as the Egypt international appears to be operating from a much broader position since Nunez’s arrival.
Against Rangers in the Champions League recently, the 30-year-old entered the fray at centre-forward and scored a hat-trick in six minutes.
It’s hard to overlook the three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner when considering who will finish the season as our top scorer, but we don’t care who it is, as long as our campaign is successful.
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