Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken of his pride after seeing Mohamed Salah send his native Egypt to the 2018 World Cup, Goal reports.
The tricky winger was the hero of his country in midweek, as a 95th minute penalty to defeat Congo 2-1 helped Egypt to secure their qualification for the World Cup.
Very proud. Did anybody see the six-minute video summary of the game? I never saw a celebration like this for 1-0 after 60 minutes – I thought it was a Golden Goal in a World Cup final!
Then, after 87 minutes they made the equaliser, obviously not a nice moment. Then, 94 minutes, I never saw a celebration of a penalty like this until someone said, ‘by the way, we still have to score.
Salah has enjoyed a good start to the season upon his return to the Premier League, and has been incredibly influential. His move from Roma is appearing to be a coup for Liverpool, who will hope to climb up the table in the coming weeks.
I nearly had a heart attack, I thought I had to go down there and take the situation. But he did it and I would say in this moment he is our No.1 penalty taker.
The Reds take on Manchester United at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to make up some important ground on the top four in the process.
That pressure was unbelievable, he did really well, and after 27 years it’s fantastic news for Egypt.
That’s a really good generation that they have there and they should go to the World Cup but, how it always is, first you have to be qualified. Now they are there it’s obviously a good moment.
Klopp will be relying on Salah to come up with the goods again, given that his fellow winger Sadio Mane has been ruled out for six weeks with a hamstring injury.
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