You Will Always Expect Kane To Score So Many Goals – Steve McManaman

Steve McManaman believes Mohamed Salah can clinch the goal scoring feats of club greats Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen over the long term.

“He looks like he will score goals for a long time,” said the 45-year-old, speaking at a Liverpool Legends training session ahead of a meeting with their Bayern Munich counterparts at Anfield next month.

“You looked at Harry Kane three years ago and you thought ‘wow, he’s scored 25 this year’ and you always expected him to go on the following year and score another 25 because he is one of those centre-forwards.

“It was like when Robbie played or Michael; you always expected them every single year because of the movement and the goals they scored so to score another 25, no problem.”And [Salah] looks as if he will do it every single year now. If he keeps on settling in and improving you fancy him to score all the time.

“Every single game he just seems to be scoring and surprising everyone and even when he is missing chances he is in the right position.

“Harry is up there on his own — I know he has Son [Heung-min] or Dele Alli up there sometimes — but he is the focal point and a different type of centre-forward, albeit a fantastic centre-forward.

“Mo Salah will certainly score different types of goals to Harry Kane just because of the position and movement he has.”

Fowler, who scored 183 goals in 369 appearances for the Reds, said Salah’s record this season spoke for itself.

“I think it is fairly obvious for everyone to see. The pace he has means he will always get chances and he has managed to put a lot away,” he said. “All right he has missed some but I’d be more worried if he wasn’t getting them. You can’t argue with it.

“He is getting in positions when maybe you think he shouldn’t be getting there but the pace he has means he can get away from defenders and is good over a few yards and in tight spaces where he can move away from defenders.

“You look at the goal against Tottenham the other day and he had no divine right to score that one from where he was — but to manoeuvre his body to get into positions where he can get shots away I think is brilliant.

“A lot of the time he gets his shot away early and when a forward does that and the keeper is not ready you will probably score a lot more tGerard Pique missed training on Saturday but has been included in the Barcelona squad for Sunday’s league game against Getafe and should be fit to face Chelsea in the Champions League.

The Barcelona coach told a news conference: “We will have to see if Pique is able to start the game or not.

“I would like all my players to be able to train the day before a game, so if he hasn’t trained then there’s obviously a reason for that.

“It’s true that he still has a problem. The other day we decided to risk him [against Va
lencia] because it was a decisive game. We will see if he plays, but it’s another important game.”

With Barca’s trip to Stamford Bridge just 10 days away, Valverde added: “We hope he’s fine for Chelsea and, touch wood, he doesn’t have any setbacks.”