Jamie Carragher delivers telling big-game verdict on Mo Salah ahead of Man City clash

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Quite simply, Salah has been involved in more Premier League goals against Guardiola’s City than any other player, scoring nine and assisting six.Across all competitions against City, Salah has scored 13 and made eight assists. But Rush is commonly acknowledged as Liverpool’s greatest striker, not least for the fact he tops the club’s all-time scoring charts with 346 goals, 61 ahead of Roger Hunt’s total and 96 ahead of Salah’s tally.But Carragher - who was speaking at the launch of a new Sky Bet/British Heart Foundation initiative in the pioneering Every Minute Matters campaign* - believes there is a serious discussion to be had over who is the best-ever Anfield front-man.He explains: “The debate about who is the greatest Liverpool goalscorer will rage but if you asked Salah about that, I know what his first answer would be … I play on the wing and they played through the middle!

Carragher says: “When Salah is not at his best, it feels like he gets a bit more criticism than I have seen other players - other great players - get when they are not at their best.“Maybe that is down to the way he plays, as well. When you judge Salah, it always feels like it is about goals, it is about assists, it is all about the data-driven game of today.“It’s as if he doesn’t score or doesn’t assist, what is his influence on the game?

I can see both sides of that."He’s not like a Thierry Henry or an Eden Hazard when maybe if they didn’t score in a game, there would be lots of parts of their game you would look at and admire. He says: “In certain games, it is not the end of the world if Salah is not playing but he is always in Liverpool’s best team.“He is one of the best professionals in the game, he will play for years to come - whether in a red shirt or not - and he is one of the greatest players we have ever seen in the Premier League.