{"id":2292,"date":"2019-02-28T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/records-are-nice-but-the-premier-league-is-more-important-salah-discusses-liverpools-title-charge-2\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:28:12","slug":"records-are-nice-but-the-premier-league-is-more-important-salah-discusses-liverpools-title-charge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=2292","title":{"rendered":"'Records are nice but the Premier League is more important' – Salah discusses Liverpool's title charge"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Egyptian attacker insists that he is more motivated by ending Liverpool’s 29-year wait for a league title than winning individual accolades <\/div>\n
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Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has revealed that he is prioritising a Premier League title victory ahead of breaking individual records this season.<\/p>\n

If the 26-year-old manages to find the net at Anfield against Watford on Wednesday evening, he will become the fastest player in history to reach the 50-goal mark for one club in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The current record is held by former Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer, who achieved the feat in his 66th appearance for the Magpies, but Salah could now set a new benchmark of 64 games.<\/p>\n

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Should he fail to score against the Hornets, Salah could still break the record by netting against Liverpool’s arch-rivals Everton on Sunday, but he insists that winning the title is his main focus.<\/p>\n

The Reds are currently top of the league by a point ahead of reigning\u00a0champions Manchester City, after securing a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in their last outing.<\/p>\n

“It would be nice to score number 50, number 51 and 52! I always push myself to score more goals and to perform better,” Salah began, as per Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Of course, records are nice, but for me, the Premier League is now the most important thing.<\/p>\n

“It is a very big week. There are three games in eight days and if we can do well in them and still be top of the table that’s big for us.<\/p>\n

“After that, there will only be nine games left and we will have time to recover for them and time to think about that.”<\/p>\n

Since joining Liverpool from Roma in the summer of 2017, Salah has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top of the English game, finishing as the Premier League’s Golden Boot winner with 32 goals last term.<\/p>\n

He was also named sixth in last year’s voting for the Ballon d’Or and he has carried that form into the 2018-19 campaign, top of the scoring charts with 17 alongside City hitman Sergio Aguero.<\/p>\n

Despite his impressive numbers, Salah still sees himself as a natural winger rather than a centre-forward, as he added: “I have played at centre-forward a lot this season but I still also play as a winger and have scored many goals as a winger.<\/p>\n

“I don’t like to brand myself a No. 9 because the way I play, it’s never like I hold the ball and am always physically strong.<\/p>\n

“As a striker, I have to drop deep to get the ball and go past the players so, even when I play as a nine, my position is a different type of game to many centre-forwards.<\/p>\n

“When I play No. 9 I drop deep to play as a No. 10, too, to keep the ball and dribble.<\/p>\n

“I am always trying to help the team score goals and I am still one of the top scorers in the Premier League so I am happy about that.”<\/p>\n

Salah is expected to retain his spot in the starting line-up against Watford, with Liverpool looking to return to winning ways after a run of four draws from their last five matches.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Egyptian attacker insists that he is more motivated by ending Liverpool’s 29-year wait for a league title than winning individual accolades Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has revealed that he is prioritising a Premier League title victory ahead of breaking individual records this season. If the 26-year-old manages to find the net at Anfield against … <\/p>\n

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