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Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been full of praise for Liverpool star Mohammed Salah (Image: beIN Sports)

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has heaped praised on Liverpool star Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool are also in the Carabao Cup final and face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last 16 next month.

The fortunes of Slot's team could have been different if Salah had departed last summer having been heavily linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.



"You have [Kylian] Mbappe who will fight with him, and I would say tonight we see again at half time what we have seen so many times in the modern game 67 per cent possession for Man City, 20 for Liverpool, you know, and this is down to people who have a level above like Salah.

"He scored a goal and made an assist and I read somewhere that he contributed with his goals and assists that there are 38 together to 31 points of Liverpool this season so you cannot rule him out for any special award.

"This guy is exceptional and, what I love the most in his career, he became better and better every year, more clinical.

He does less quantity today but he doesn't lose in quality and that shows that he's not only a great talent but as well very intelligent."

When asked if he thinks Salah is better now than at any time, Wenger replied: "I played against Salah when he created six chances and scored one goal.

Today, he creates maybe two chances and he scores two goals, you know and what I like in his career, in his development, he has found a good balance between obsession to score goals and giving the ball.

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"We had a period where between him and Sadio [Mane], remember there were tensions because everybody tried to score without passing the ball, and he understands that to be really great, he has to contribute and he has done that extremely well."

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