Mohamed Salah scored his 15th goal of the season on Saturday evening.
The Liverpool forward netted the opening goal in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Anfield, and became the first player since Luis Suarez in the 2013/14 season to score 15 goals in a season for the club.
Any pre-season suggestions that Salah might struggle in England, because his spell at Stamford Bridge in 2014 under Jose Mourinho didn’t go well, now seem foolish.
Mohamed Salah is the first player to score 15 goals in a season for Liverpool since Luis Suarez (31) & Daniel Sturridge (24) in 2013-14 pic.twitter.com/7mijIUlZ8N
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) November 25, 2017
Salah has been fantastic so far and looks certain to be among the contenders for player of the season when the awards are handed out in a few months.
His performance against Chelsea had football fans raving about him, and his celebration, or lack of a celebration, also got people talking.
Some questioned why Salah didn’t celebrate, assuming that his decision to hold-up his hands was because he didn’t want to celebrate scoring against his former team – despite only making 13 appearances for the London club before being allowed leave for Fiorentina on-loan and then to Roma.
Don't thing Salah played enough minutes to warrant the non-celebration celebration
— Jenny Brown (@cfc_jb) November 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/Mpazz1/status/934495524635447297
https://twitter.com/OpinionatedLFC/status/934495287401381889
However, others, including Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, suggested that the Egyptian forward’s non-celebration was a mark of respect for the 305 people killed earlier this week in terror attacks in Egypt.
The attack on a mosque has been called the “deadliest terrorist attack” in the country’s history.
https://twitter.com/Sean_Fay/status/934505994473955328
Salah's celebration out of respect for those lost in the Egyptian terror attack. Nothing to do with former club. Sorry for assuming otherwise earlier. pic.twitter.com/SJq1fwOYQr
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) November 25, 2017
Salah didn't celebrate out of respect to those who died in the terror attack in Egypt yesterday, nothing to do with him being a former Chelsea player. pic.twitter.com/L4E7iITtDs
— Mootaz Chehade (@MHChehade) November 25, 2017
Not a fan of not celebrating against former clubs after scoring but suspect Salah could be showing respect for his fellow Egyptians who lost their lives yesterday.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 25, 2017
It seems much more likely that Salah refused to celebrate out of respect for those who killed in his native country, rather than because he wanted to follow the recent trend of footballers refusing to celebrate scoring against their former teams.
