Liverpool's Simon Mignolet confident Mohamed Salah's goal-scoring exploits won't go to his head
Salah’s reintroduction to the Premier League has been so serene that the Egyptian rattled in his 20th goal of the season during Liverpool’s clinical 4-0 defeat of Bournemouth on Sunday
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is confident Mohamed Salah will not let his incredible scoring exploits go to his head.
Salah’s reintroduction to the Premier League has been so serene that the Egyptian rattled in his 20th goal of the season during Liverpool’s clinical 4-0 defeat of Bournemouth on Sunday.
Only one player in Liverpool’s trophy-laden history, George Allan, has been quicker to reach the milestone while Anfield legend Ian Rush, arguably the club’s greatest ever goal-scorer, was the last to reach 20 before Christmas.
Mignolet said: “He has scored a lot of goals already. Let’s hope he continues scoring goals and gets his tally up.
“He knew what the Premier League was about from his time here before. He then learned and progressed away in Italy. He came back and he knew what it was about.
“He is very strong, not only with the speed he has got, but he is so strong on his feet you can’t run him over. He suits the English style of play, so let’s keep him fit and hope he can score the goals he is doing at the moment.
“We know he is a good player and everybody has to look out for him. He is also one who isn’t going to get carried away which is important in this situation.
“He doesn’t think about anything else other than his job and that is very important because at the same time he is scoring goals and can be the superstar but he is also working very hard to get back and defend. We need that from our wingers because of the way we play and he does that.”
Mignolet has revealed Salah was given a glowing reference by Belgian teammate Radja Nainggolan when Liverpool signed him from Roma in the summer, but admits even he is surprised by the sheer number of goals he has scored.
“I know Radja Nainggolan really well and he told me that he is a brilliant player”, said Mignolet.
“I wasn’t expecting him to score that many goals as a winger but he is doing well, working hard and let’s hope he can keep doing what he is doing at the moment.”
Mignolet could only survey the length of the pitch and admire as Salah and fellow forwards Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino tore Bournemouth’s defence to shreds.
He is hoping for more of the same when Liverpool play Arsenal on Friday night in a match which could have a big baring on the make-up of the Premier League top four.
Mignolet said: “Those three are so quick that when you win the ball back they can run at the defence and they have the skill to go past their opponent.
“We have to keep going as we have a big game coming up against Arsenal.”
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