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<\/p>\nSalah scored in all four games against Man City last season <\/p>\n
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Jurgen Klopp has described Mohamed Salah as a \u201ccompletely different animal\u201d to the player he signed in 2017 and said the Egyptian is determined to improve again.<\/p>\n
Salah will bring up 200 goals for Liverpool \u2013 a feat only four players have ever achieved \u2013 if he scores twice when they face league leaders Manchester City on Saturday.<\/p>\n
And the Liverpool manager feels Salah is showing the work ethic to get better, while praising him for the way he has helped his fellow forward Darwin Nunez settle into life at Anfield and form a \u201cpretty special partnership\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can improve but that is all about consistency and little moments in games,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cHe expects that. Why would he come and be first in the building every morning and the last out if he doesn\u2019t want to improve? It is about gaining that experience over the years that he knows much more about the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, where is the position? He is a completely different player to the one who arrived here and he was good at that time, that\u2019s why we signed him. Now his experience in dealing with different situation… he is a completely different animal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is really good with his teammates, all the offensive players look up to him and he is really supportive to them. That is a really good connection. In the beginning, Mo had to be more for himself and find his feet and himself and the way to impress me and maybe prove some people wrong. That\u2019s completed settled now. Having still this desire to score makes him the player he is and that is pretty special. I\u2019ve said it a million times – long may it continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nunez joined Liverpool for \u00a364m \u2013 which could rise to a club record \u00a385m \u2013 in the 2022 and has struck up a fine understanding with Salah.<\/p>\n
All nine of the Uruguayan\u2019s assists have come for the Egyptian and Klopp believes it is a sign of their intelligence that they are combining so well.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cYou cannot become a Liverpool player if you are not really football-smart. What would you do if you spring 900mph down the line and you look and think, who else has the same speed and [will] be in the right position? And it\u2019s probably Mo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other players are quick as well, but that\u2019s why Darwin and Mo is clicking and they look for each other. It\u2019s not that they cut out the other boys, it\u2019s just a different way of playing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we played with Bobby [Firmino] more centrally, I am not sure what the numbers are between Sadio [Mane] and Mo, but they were pretty good as well. They were the first two arriving in the box and if you want to pass the ball it is to probably to one of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow Mo supports the boys, Darwin came here big expectations and Mo probably understood the situation probably the best and saw his potential and wanted to help him. Without having the longest conversations because of some language issues, that was for sure the start of a pretty special partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n