Mohamed Salah Becomes Bad News Manchester United When Ladeni Liverpool

Mohamed Salah is back as Liverpool's mainstay against Manchester United in the FA Cup. (X/@LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has returned. He is clearly the bad news for Manchester United who will face Liverpool after showing a brilliant performance in the Europa League match.

Salah tidak seperti baru pulih dari cedera. Kapten tim nasional Mesir ini tampak fit saat menjadi salah satu pemain senior yang diturunkan melawan Sparta Prague di laga kedua babak 16 besar Liga Europa di Stadion Anfield, Jumat, 15 Maret 2024 dini hari WIB.

In that match, Jurgen Klopp's manager fielded the young players because Liverpool had a 5-1 lead in the first duel at Sparta home. If Salah continues to play because he has just recovered from a hamstring injury.

This is Salah's first appearance since suffering an injury in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. During 90 minutes, he not only scored but also made the assist that led Liverpool to a 6-1 win over Sparta. Liverpool also won 11-2 on aggregate and won tickets to the quarter-finals.

Salah also made history as the first player in Liverpool's history to score more than 20 goals in various competitions over seven consecutive seasons.

This means that since joining the Reds in 2017, he has been able to break into the opponent's goal more than 20 times.

"For seven years with him, we have never faced any consistency problems. Mo never stopped passing and passing. His passion and enthusiasm never died. His quality and enthusiasm for scoring goals never went out," said Klopp.

"He has continued to develop from various aspects since he made his debut here. This is what makes him unstoppable," he said again.

"I was a bit surprised that he could get injured. But finally he has returned," said the German who will step down as Liverpool manager at the end of this season.

For Liverpool, Salah's return is clearly good news, on the other hand, this is bad news for MU who hosted his rivals in The North West Derby in the FA Cup quarter-finals, this weekend.

MU really hopes to win the FA Cup. This is the only hope of the Red Devils after failing in all competitions, including defending the Carabao Cup title. The trophy was also won by Liverpool this year.

Former England striker who is now a football pundit Chris Total predicts Liverpool will win the big game.

According to him, MU did look confident after holding Liverpool 0-0 at Anfield. However, MU could not do much at all because the match was completely controlled by The Kop.

On the other hand, Liverpool showed consistency. They won the last four matches played before being held 1-1 by Manchester City at Anfield.

"Liverpool is again strengthened by key players, namely Salah. Their performance is also very good and Liverpool should have won the match against Man City. I have no doubt that they [Liverpool] will win," said Elisa.

MU itself has been strengthened by striker Rasmus Hojlund again. Without Hojlund, Manchester United lost two of their last five matches. "Hojlund's return is good news for United," said cap.