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Salah Can Match Ronaldo’s Level, Says Klopp Ahead Of United Clash
Jurgen Klopp believes Mohamed Salah has the ability to match the sustained level of performance Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to achieve.
Salah’s Liverpool visit Ronaldo’s Manchester United in the Premier League’s headline fixture on Sunday.
The Egypt forward has been in sensational form this season, scoring 12 goals in all competitions, with seven of those coming in eight top-flight matches.
Salah’s tally includes brilliant individual goals against Manchester City and Watford in his last two Premier League outings and, while Ronaldo hit the ground running in his second spell at United in terms of goalscoring, the 36-year-old has been part of a disjointed Red Devils attack.
Klopp insists he has never thought to compare Salah and Ronaldo, though he believes the professionalism and commitment of the duo is one area in which the players are very similar.
Asked if Salah could hit the levels of continued success that Ronaldo has enjoyed late into his career, Klopp said: “You need luck because things can happen with injuries and so on, but I think the professionalism of both Mo and Cristiano is the one thing you can compare 100 per cent.
“It is probably the same. Mo is incredibly professional. He is really the first one in and very often the last out of all the players.
“He is constantly interested in all the things he can do and has to do to keep or improve the standard. I think he still has a lot to give, 100 per cent.
“It helps him for sure and the team he is playing for then as well and I hope it is for us in the future.”
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