Liverpool have made a wonderful start to the new season and after losing points to Chelsea last weekend, Jurgen Klopp will be hoping that his players will not repeat the same mistake against Manchester City this Sunday.
The Blues outplayed Liverpool in almost every department last weekend and one of the prime reasons why the Anfield outfit were poor because Mo Salah was a no-show – once again.
Last season, Salah was setting the European football circuit on fire but it seems the honeymoon period is over for the Egyptian.
Salah has failed to recreate the magic from last season and he was especially poor against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
And many fans are not wondering if Mo Salah is really a one season wonder?
While a number of pundits and fans have questioned the forward but his teammate Wijnaldum feels the Egyptian will come good this season.
Wijnaldum said: “I said ‘Mo, it’s not only one year’ and he said ‘You’re right!’,
“We were joking but if someone can deal with pressure, it is Mo.
“Last season he had pressure when people were saying he had to be the top scorer of the league.
“We told him he couldn’t let anyone catch him. When he was on 18 goals, he said ‘In my head, I can get 32’.
“Mo is not someone that is scared of pressure. He embraces the pressure. He knows that he can do it.”
Gigi Wijinaldum also claimed that scoring goals is not the only thing Mo Salah does for the team.
“It’s easy to say ‘Now we have Mo, we are used to him scoring goals’,” he added.
“Maybe last season he didn’t have some good games but he always scored goals and people see that and they say ‘Ah! He played good!’.
“But now he is not scoring and people are saying he is in a difficult situation. I don’t see it that way.
“He still works hard, he still creates chances. I think against Chelsea, he had three chances where he could score a goal. He could have given an assist to Roberto.
“I don’t think it’s that bad, put it that way.
“I’ve told him that he’s got to get more hat-tricks. He’s had enough of scoring twos, he has to get three.
“I told him ‘Mo, you are a top player; if you look at Messi and Ronaldo, they score a lot of hat-tricks – you have to do the same if you want to compete with them’.”
Liverpool take on Manchester City at Anfield this weekend and a win would mean Jurgen Klopp’s men would reclaim the top spot on the league table.
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