Danny Murphy has decided who is now better between Mo Salah and Bukayo Saka
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Danny Murphy has one key reason for deciding who is better out of Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka.Amid the Reds’ difficult start to 2025/26, Salah’s form has come under scrutiny.Wayne Rooney noticed a worrying change in the Liverpool winger after the recent 3-0 defeat to Manchester City.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Danny Murphy has also already said that Arne Slot must tell Salah to defend more going forward.But despite calling for the Egyptian to change his game up this month, Murphy has still praised the 33-year-old this week.Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty ImagesWhy Mohamed Salah is still better than Bukayo SakaSpeaking on talkSPORT, the former midfielder was asked if he would pick Salah or Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka at the moment.He said: “I’d probably just still go with Salah because he can score goals from anywhere from any, you know, he’s just got this knack of scoring unbelievable goals more regularly.”Arsenal are top of the Premier League right now, with Saka scoring six in 14 matches across all competitions this season.Yet despite the Liverpool forward having an off-season by his usually lofty standards, he has five goals and three assists in 16 games this term.He may not be at his best, with Rooney quick to call out Salah, but the Reds ace still has more goal contributions than one of Arsenal’s star men.Photo by Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside via Getty ImagesPaul Merson’s view on Mohamed Salah vs Bukayo SakaMurphy played 170 games for Liverpool, so some might argue that he has a bias towards the Merseyside outfit.But it’s worth noting that former Arsenal man Paul Merson picked Salah over Saka when asked a similar question last December.He said: “If you ask me to pick the most in-form player out of Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Mohamed Salah, that’s a tough one.“All of them are ripping it apart in their own way.
But if I had to pick just one, I would go with Salah. Liverpool are runaway leaders at the top and he always scores in the big games.
Make no mistake, the other two are flying too.”Salah also has more goals than Saka in the Premier League this season (four versus three), with only six players in the entire division finding the back of the net more this term.The high-flying wingers will next go head-to-head on January 8 at the Emirates, a tie that could prove crucial to Liverpool’s Premier League title chances in 2025/26.