Liverpool goal machine
Mohamed Salah was shackled by Chelsea as the Champions League finalists lost
1-0 at the weekend — the third consecutive match in which the Egyptian failed
to score.
Salah has struck 31 English Premier
League goals this season, four more than lone challenger Harry Kane of
Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the Golden Boot.
But after an astonishing scoring streak
in all competitions this season, which overshadowed all other African stars in
Europe, Salah fired blanks against Stoke City, AS Roma and Chelsea.
It is a measure of the Egyptian’s
extraordinary impact upon the Premier League this season that it is now a major
event when the striker does not score. He struggled in the first half of a 1-0
loss to old club Chelsea that kept the race for a top-three finish alive and
was booked for diving. That he could not escape the Blues’ defence after the
break was a major reason why the visitors eventually lost.
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