Salah mutates into the best in the world: the one-man humiliation machine

Salah mutates into the best in the world
The one-man humiliation machine

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Nobody is currently dancing as beautifully and successfully with the ball as Mohamed Salah from Liverpool FC. The Egyptian humiliates Manchester United at their own Old Trafford and scores such incredible goals that his coach Jürgen Klopp names him the best footballer in the world. Rightly so.

The Liverpool fans should have already looked a little surprised this time. Perhaps some of them were a little dazed. Because how could that be: Mohamed Salah scores three goals on Sunday – and none of them is an absolute dream goal? That doesn’t really work. These days the LFC fans are really spoiled, because their super striker has mutated into the best footballer in the world in the past few weeks. One of his hits was nicer to look at than the next.

But even without an absolute cream goal, Salah humiliated the Reds archenemy Manchester United and striker legend Cristiano Ronaldo in the 5-0 (4-0) victory at Old Trafford. First a sugar-sweet ball take along with a turn and pass to Naby Keita to make it 1-0. Then a penalty from five meters, which was preceded by a fantastic heel pass from Salah himself, in the style of a penalty area striker to 3-0. Then shortly before the break, a well-placed shot from twelve meters, which had to hit the post so that goalkeeper David de Gea really had no chance – and which hit right next to the post to make it 4-0. And to top it off, a fine chip to 5-0 over de Gea’s legs after Jordan Henderson’s outstanding outside instep pass over half the field.

“This team always wanted to write their own little chapter for the big, big history book of this club. Tonight was a chapter. You will talk about it one hundred percent in the future,” said Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp after the game. “Playing against Mo Salah in this condition is definitely no picnic,” added the German team manager. He recently announced: “We don’t have to talk about Ronaldo and Messi, what they did for world football and how they dominated it. But at the moment there is no one better than him.”

Like a young Lionel Messi

The one-man humiliation machine. Currently the best footballer in the world. The Egyptian has now scored six goals in six games at the archenemy at Old Trafford. And as the first guest player in Premier League history, he marked a hat trick with the Red Devils. It is quite possible that the 29-year-old even shot United team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from his position that evening. After all, his predecessor Jose Mourinho lost his job in December 2018 after a 3-1 defeat in Liverpool.

But be careful, keyword humiliation: Nothing could be further from the humble, almost shy Salah. But he’s just too good. His dribbles are too fast, too rich in finesse, too refined – yes, too artful. With his actions he has almost no choice but to humiliate the opposing teams. Salah, who has already performed superbly in recent seasons, looked like a young Lionel Messi in recent weeks, in which he scored at will and could hardly be separated from the ball. In Manchester, the striker also overtook Ivorian Didier Drogba (104 goals) as the most successful African goalscorer in Premier League history (107 goals).

The Egyptian has collected an incredible 20 goal participations, 15 goals and five assists in his twelve games this season. In the league, he scored as many goals as the entire Arsenal FC, even one more than all Tottenham players put together. With the title of absolute world class could – oh what: had to – two goals in particular have recently been awarded. First there was Salah’s magic against Manchester City, when he fooled only three opponents on the right edge of the box at 2-2, stroking the ball almost tenderly with the sole and thrusting into the box. There he let three other defenders run into the void with a hook and straddle – only to then complete the long corner with his weak right foot. Insanity!

However, Salah had the spectacle against City immediately followed by an increase in the next Premier League game. In the 5-0 win against Watford FC, the striker danced out the entire defense. And how! The Egyptian stepped onto the ball in a confined space, delayed it, pushed it elegantly past the opponent. Another body fake and the next defender flew by. This time with the strong left, Salah then made it 4-0 beautifully. Again madness! Incomprehensible! A poem written with your feet!

With this world-class Egyptian, Klopps FC Liverpool is one of the favorites in the battle for the championship (currently only Thomas Tuchel’s FC Chelsea is ahead of the Reds) – and on the Champions League handle pot, where the team is clear with three wins from three games Course of the last sixteen controls. But Salah is so much more than just goals, wins and football.

The 29-year-old has long been a living legend in his homeland. A national icon. He gives hope to local people, especially children. The chairman of the Egyptian first division club Zamalek, Mortada Mansour, who will be in office until 2020, once called the striker “the source of happiness for millions of Egyptians”. In the 2018 presidential election, Salah even received the second most votes – although he was not even up for election. More than a million Egyptians had simply put his name on the ballot papers.

In 2017, Salah shot Egypt back to a World Cup for the first time since 1990. Streets and schools were named after him, even if the tournament in Russia was over after the preliminary round. He achieves what nobody in his country can do: He receives congratulations from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as well as from the now banned Muslim Brotherhood, which al-Sisi ousted in 2014. But also beyond Egypt, Salah is a symbol in the Arab world that one of them has made it to the very greatest among the greats.

Salah could also officially become the greatest of all if he wins the election for world footballer this year and clears the golden shoe as top scorer. Robert Lewandowski from FC Bayern should have something against it, as well as Kylian Mbappé from Paris St. Germain. But right now it towers over them all, the one-man humiliation machine from Liverpool FC. Mohamed Salah dancing with the ball.

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