Mohamed Salah has admitted a mutual want to be Liverpool’s star goalscorer proved to be a supply of pressure in his relationship with former teammate Sadio Mane.
Alongside Roberto Firmino, Salah and Mane shaped a devastating attacking trio which got here to outline Jurgen Klopp’s time at Anfield. The 2 wingers racked up unimaginable numbers of targets however typically confronted accusations of being egocentric when it got here to serving to the opposite rating.
Salah and Mane shared the Premier League’s Golden Boot award with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2018/19 after racking up 22 targets, with each Liverpool stars determined to attain targets and be the star of the group, and Salah confessed this typically led to some uncomfortable interactions with Mane.
“Sure, there was pressure with Sadio,” he advised France Soccer. “Thoughts you, we had been skilled till the tip, I do not suppose it affected the group.
“It is human to need extra, I perceive that, he is a competitor. Off the pitch, we weren’t very shut, however we all the time revered one another.”
Salah has beforehand admitted he might have been “egocentric” in the direction of Mane at instances however insisted the statistics – his 18 assists for Mane specifically – show he was all the time keen to make the suitable choice with Liverpool in thoughts.
“Folks can suppose what they need, it is their proper,” he mentioned. “However I invite everybody to notice that the one who offered Mane with probably the most assists is me.
“We are able to take a look at the details, however it’s clearly simpler to throw out phrases like that; it makes the headlines, I understand how it really works. So long as it stays inside the limits of respect, that is fantastic with me. However that does not imply that this opinion is true. On the finish of the day, I do know what I did, and my conscience is obvious.”
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