{"id":1121607,"date":"2019-12-20T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1121607"},"modified":"2019-12-20T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:40:09","slug":"arsene-wenger-how-mohamed-salah-shades-of-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsene-wenger-how-mohamed-salah-shades-of-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger explains how Mohamed Salah has &#8220;shades&#8221; of Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is showing &#8220;shades&#8221; of Barcelona icon Lionel Messi.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 27-year-old Egyptian international has been a huge success since moving to Anfield in 2017, scoring 84 goals in 127 games helping the Reds to the 2019 Champions League title.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Salah becoming more like Messi? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Messi has scored over 600 career goals for Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s also a provider of goals, notching nine assists in La Liga and Champions League play this season alone.<\/li>\n<li>Salah assisted Naby Keita&#8217;s opening goal during Wednesday&#8217;s 2-1 win over Monterrey.<\/li>\n<li>That adds to Salah&#8217;s six assists in the Premier League and Champions League play this season.<\/li>\n<li>And Wenger believes it&#8217;s this creative streak which is likening Salah to the six-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7450070\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSalah provided the assist for Naby Keita&#8217;s opening goal against Monterrey during Liverpool&#8217;s 2-1 Fifa Club World Cup semi-final win on Wednesday and although the former Chelsea man has become more renowned for his goalscoring, it&#8217;s this playmaking streak which has Wenger comparing him to six-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner Messi.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He (Salah) had touches last night (against Monterrey) of a playmaker,&#8221; Wenger told beIN Sports. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Erling Braut Ha\u030aland: Borussia Dortmund Transfer Profile\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrKVNcLu-Cw?start=22&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe created chances around the box that are exceptional, (there were shades) of Messi in him last night and I like that a guy who can score so many goals also becomes the guy who gives assists.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Klopp hails &#8220;complete&#8221; Salah<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Further to Wenger&#8217;s praise, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has hailed Salah as a &#8220;complete player&#8221; and expressed his delight at working with the 27-year-old on the training ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;Very good, very good experiences [with Salah] but the most positive was on the training ground \u2013 sensationally good,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7811807\/Former-Arsenal-boss-Arsene-Wenger-compares-Mohamed-Salah-Lionel-Messi-Club-World-Cup-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;On the pitch, he&#8217;s great, really, really good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool face Flamengo in the Fifa Club World Cup final on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is showing &#8220;shades&#8221; of Barcelona icon Lionel Messi.\u00a0 The 27-year-old Egyptian international has been a huge success since moving to Anfield in 2017, scoring 84 goals in 127 games helping the Reds to the 2019 Champions League title. 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