'Elite mindset' - Salah hits 50th European goal for Liverpool

Another day, different Mohamed Salah extremity and different Liverpool win.

The Egypt guardant has present scored 3 Champions League goals this play and 22 successful 31 games successful each competitions.

He has besides acceptable up different 17 for team-mates and his full of 39 extremity involvements is the highest of immoderate subordinate successful Europe's large 5 leagues.

His latest extremity acceptable Liverpool connected their mode to victory against Lille and to securing their spot successful the Champions League past 16.

It was a nonchalant decorativeness arsenic helium latched connected to Curtis Jones' superb done shot and lifted implicit the advancing Lucas Chevalier.

It was his 50th extremity successful Europe for Liverpool - with 44 coming successful the Champions League, 5 successful past season's Europa League and 1 successful Champions League qualifying.

His latest onslaught extends his grounds arsenic the club's starring European goalscorer and helium has present scored 20 Champions League goals astatine Anfield.

Former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (23 astatine Etihad Stadium) and ex-Manchester United guardant Ruud van Nistelrooy (23 astatine Old Trafford) are the lone players to people much goals successful the contention astatine a circumstantial venue for an English team.

"There has ever been a grin connected Salah's look but it's conscionable that content successful himself that helium volition score," said erstwhile Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock connected BBC Radio 5 Live.

"That's what makes him truthful dangerous. That's the elite mindset of a subordinate of his calibre."

He has besides been straight progressive successful 18 goals successful 15 appearances astatine Anfield this play (10 goals, 8 assists successful each competitions).

"He is simply a existent talisman for Liverpool," said erstwhile Reds striker Robbie Fowler connected Amazon Prime.

"He is simply a crippled winner. He is precise comfy successful beforehand of goal.

"He is 1 of those players that if helium misses a chance, helium is not fazed due to the fact that the adjacent 1 helium volition score.

"We wax lyrical astir Mohamed Salah and cognize what helium is susceptible of."

Speaking to Amazon Prime, Salah said: "Hopefully [it's] not the past 1 but I'm precise arrogant of it. I wasn't focused connected it earlier the game."

The 32-year-old's semipermanent aboriginal astatine Anfield has been a changeless talking point, arsenic helium has yet to motion an hold to his declaration that expires astatine the extremity of this season.

At the extremity of December, Salah said an statement was "far away" but erstwhile Liverpool guardant Luis Garcia said the "situation is not affecting him".

"He has ne'er said helium wants to leave," said Garcia connected Amazon Prime.

"The nine ne'er said helium wants to leave. I deliberation they are trying to springiness him normality. Week in, week retired helium is delivering, helium is scoring. So this concern is not affecting him."