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Mohamed Salah nearly made Jurgen Klopp cry with Liverpool gesture

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The Brazilian netted the penalty in what was his first treble for the club.Salah - who announced earlier this week he's set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season - stunned the Anfield faithful with his kind gesture that almost left Klopp in a flood of tears. It was after Liverpool's opening-day 4-1 win over Leeds in September 2020 - which marked Salah netting his third Premier League hat-trick of his career - was overshadowed by Neville spelling the mentality difference between the Egyptian and Sadio Mane.Neville claimed the Egyptian is more likely to be his less liked by his team-mates because of his tendency to go for goal instead of passing at certain times - a key difference to Mane's game he said.Neville said: "You think of the mentality difference between Mane and Salah.



Mane is likeable, I think the players probably love him, he gives his all every single day, he'll do the selfless thing for the team."Then you look at Salah over on the other side. He doesn't pass sometimes to his team-mate, he'll be a little bit more selfish, a little bit less likeable because of that, probably by the fans, probably by some of his team-mates.

But then I look at him as sort of an outsider as somebody looking at him thinking, 'He is an absolute killer on the pitch'."Wenger had already echoed the "selfish" sentiments surrounding Salah a year prior as the former Arsenal boss told beIN Sports: "He [Salah] has similarities with Messi. I find he's a good finisher but Messi has the complete thing, he gives the final ball as well."Salah is a bit obsessed with finishing himself.