Keown and Wijnaldum believe Salah is on his way back

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown thinks Mohamed Salah hasn’t been celebrating his goals as much this season because he still hasn’t come to terms with how prolific he was in the previous campaign.

Salah reached the 50-goal milestone for Liverpool last week when he scored a brace against Red Star Belgrade, and added to his tally on Saturday with the opening goal against Cardiff City.

However, while he celebrated on Saturday, he has often been surprisingly subdued after scoring this season, and Keown has attempted to explain why.

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 24: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool in Liverpool’s match against Red Star Belgrade at Anfield on 24 October 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Photograph: PA)

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“Salah looks like he is trying to remain humble when he scores,” Keown said.

“The way he celebrates suggests he realises how lucky he is to be doing what he is doing.

“While he seems to be returning to his best, there were a couple of moments against Red Star when he fluffed his lines when through on goal.

“There was one chance when he demonstrated his sublime touch only to miss and another when he did not see the linesman’s offside flag but should have scored from that position.

“We are not seeing the same certainty in front of goal but that is the most frightening thing.

“Liverpool are still getting excellent results and Salah has not yet reached his purple patch.”

Midfielder Gini Wijnaldum echoed Keown’s sentiment when asked if Salah was back to his best after the Cardiff game.

“We will see,” Wijnaldum replied. “He has to continue to do that in a lot of games, not only the four games.

“But he is on a good way and I hope he keeps it like that.”

Salah appears to be regaining confidence after scoring in three successive matches for Liverpool, and Jurgen Klopp will hope his resurgence continues.

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