Klopp gives Mohamed Salah another painful blow

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp of Germany said Egyptian Mohamed Salah is not the first shooter on penalties for the “Reds”, despite scoring 6 times in this way this season.

Klopp said, in remarks highlighted by the “Liverpool Echo” network on Sunday, that Mohamed Salah is not the first shooter on the team’s penalty kicks, but the captain, James Milner.

Jürgen Klopp explained that James Milner is Liverpool’s No. 1 penalty shooter, and when James is not in the stadium, Mohamed Salah will fire the kicks, but when Milner is present, he will decide “whether to pay himself or give Salah a chance or another person”.

The German coach added: “This rule remains the same, and we haven’t talked about it for a long time. Most of the time Milner is not in the stadium, but there was one time when he was on the field and gave him the ball to Salah for him to shoot. “

Klopp continued: “For me, the important thing is that the ball lands in the opponent’s net at the end, regardless of the identity of the player taking the penalty. Milner and Salah made a lot of successful penalty kicks, and that’s good. “.

Klopp’s comments came despite Salah’s last 7 penalty kicks for Liverpool in all tournaments, while the last time Milner a penalty kick was due to the ‘Boxing Day’ round in 2019, that is, a whole year ago.

And Mohamed Salah had taken a penalty in the presence of Milner in the stadium once during the last period, against the Danish team (2-0) in the Champions League, at the end of last October.

Salah scored 6 goals from penalty kicks in all tournaments this season, with the score in full.

Klopp’s remarks would anger Salah, especially as the penalty shoot-out is a major helping factor for stars vying for the Premier League’s top scorer title, “the Premier League.”

Klopp had said, commenting on the news about the possibility of Salah leaving at the end of the season, that his club would not force the player to stay if he wanted to leave, adding: “The only reason that pushes any player to leave the Liverpool is just the weather (he said it with a smile), but we are one of the biggest clubs. The world, we pay good salaries, we have an exceptional stadium and an incredible crowd … “

Speaking to the Spanish newspaper “AS”, Salah opened the door to the possibility of moving to Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​for the first time, after all his responses were diplomatic before that on the matter.

Salah also admitted that he was “disappointed” after Jürgen Klopp decided not to hand him the captaincy to Maitland in the Danish Champions League, as the German coach preferred Alexander Arnold to take the captaincy in that match, that the team leaders they lost.

Klopp was not satisfied with that, but told the media, commenting on Salah’s dissatisfaction with his decision to award the badge to Arnold instead of him, that he had made a mistake when he handed it over to the English star. , which indicates that Divock Origi deserved it more.

Mohamed Salah tops the Premier League scorers’ list with 13 goals, one goal ahead of Leicester City striker Jimmy Vardy, who has played more games knowing that the English forward pays his team’s penalties.

Salah can increase his goal score, and move further away in the top scorers, if he scored against West Bromwich Albion in today’s game against him, especially since the Egyptian international contributed 15 goals in 10 games he played at Anfield against teams rising to the competition.

Mohamed Salah won the golden boot for best scorer in the “Premier League” in his first two seasons with Liverpool, and he wants to regain the title this season.

Source: Agencies