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#1 Talk of Mo Salah's decline might have been premature
In one of the most remarkable stories of last season, an unheralded Mo Salah had a dream debut for Liverpool, scoring 44 goals in all competitions for the Reds and helping the club to the final of the Champions League.
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He broke the long time record for most Premier League goals in a 38-game season, with his 32 goals eclipsing the 31 scored by Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez, and his performances saw the Egyptian deservedly named the PFA and PWA Player of the Year, in addition to making it to the podium of the UEFA and FIFA Best awards.
Such stats only come once in a lifetime unless you are named Messi or Ronaldo, so not many expected Salah to keep up such performance levels, hence it came as no surprise when Salah began the season bot quite as explosively.
Many were quick to label him a one season wonder, as the 25-year-old struggled to impact games in the manner he did last season.
Despite his low numbers in front of goal, the talent was still evident, and the only thing lacking was the golden touch that confidence gives, whereas everything touched goes into the back of the net, as Salah could be seen to be trying to hard to silence the critics at the expense of just enjoying his game.
He went into the last international break with just three goals from 11 matches, and alarm bells must have been ringing at Anfield, as Salah is central to everything the club hopes to achieve.
As it happened, the international break did him good, as Salah was the spearhead as Egypt ran riot in a 4-1 victory over Eswatini with Salah scoring directly from a corner.
He has scored in his two games since then, scoring the only goal in a tight victory over Huddersfield in the Premier League, before bagging a brace in the 4-0 win over Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League, taking his Liverpool tally to 50 in just 65 matches, and making him the fastest man to achieve the feat in The Red's illustrious history.
Many were quick to label Salah a one season wonder, but as he has shown in recent matches, the Egyptian speedster might just still have some tricks up his sleeve.
