Man City star knows what is 'important' after Mohamed Salah performs heroics
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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah scored a stoppage-time winner for Egypt as it beat Zimbabwe in its opening game at AFCON in Morocco, with Omar Marmoush also starringEgypt forwards Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush celebrate during the Africa Cup of Nations opener against Zimbabwe(Image: FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was Egypt's hero in its first game at AFCON as the 33-year-old netted a stoppage-time winner to ensure his country made a winning start in Morocco.Egypt had fallen behind before the Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush leveled things up with around a third of the match still to play. It had almost 10 times as many expected goals and took 35 shots to Zimbabwe's eight.READ MORE: Arne Slot can give Mohamed Salah exactly what he wants now as Liverpool gets timely reminderREAD MORE: Liverpool transfer news as Reds could accelerate plans to sign 3 players after Alexander Isak blowIt was Salah's quality and composure that got Egypt over the line, though.
The Liverpool ace made the telling difference, putting his country in a strong position to qualify, as it would expect to as one of the favorites to go all the way.While Salah scored the winner, he wasn't named the official Player of the Match. "We will now focus on the match against South Africa."Mohamed Salah scored the winner for Egypt in the team's opening AFCON game against Zimbabwe(Image: Getty Images)Egypt will play South Africa on Friday (December 26th) and a win would send it through to the knockout phase.
"We moved on, he was in the squad, and he was the first substitution I made."Now he’s at the AFCON, playing big games for himself and also for his country, so I think it’s fair to them that all the focus is, for him, over there. But definitely also for us, because we are going to play some very important games."There should not be any distractions from me saying anything about his time here at Liverpool, because as I said, we’ve moved on after the Leeds interview, and he played against Brighton."Now he’s there, so it’s fair for the country and for him and also for us to talk, for us, about Tottenham and other games, and for them to be fully focused on their tournament."