Salah named PFA Player of the Month

Mohamed Salah has been named the PFA Premier League Player of the Month for February.

The Reds forward took 37 per cent of the vote, which was open to fans of all clubs, with his teammate Roberto Firmino finishing second in the poll with 19 per cent.

It’s the third time this season Salah has collected the accolade, with the Egyptian scoring four league goals in three appearances last month.

Also in the running were Jack Butland (Stoke City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Pascal Gross (Brighton & Hove Albion) and Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

James Milner counts Mohamed Salah as one of the best players he has ever shared a dressing room with.

Salah took his goal tally for the season to 32 in just 38 Liverpool appearances by netting the opener in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Newcastle United.

The Egypt star has sent all manner of records tumbling during his debut campaign with the Reds, and Milner believes he deserves great credit for the speed of his acclimatisation to life at Anfield following his transfer from AS Roma.

Liverpool’s vice-captain has teamed up with a plethora of world-class talent during a career that has also included winning two Premier League titles with Manchester City and earning 61 caps for England - and he considers Salah to be among that elite.

“He’s had a great season so far and hopefully it continues. He’s a good character in and around the dressing room, he’s fit in well and very quickly, as you’ve seen, on and off the field and that’s important,” the No.7 continued.

“I think we’re lucky to have a very good dressing room. Everyone gets on really well and I think you can see that with the performances on the pitch as well. He’s had a great season so far, but hopefully he can keep that going and hopefully keep banging the goals in.”

However, while acknowledging Salah’s ability to conjure individual magic, Milner feels that the 25-year-old can only continue his rich vein of form with assistance from his teammates.

“In games you need those moments of brilliance at times to unlock the defences and he can do that,” the midfielder noted.

“He can create goals out of nothing on his own. But it’s important as a team that we take some pressure off him as well and make sure the goals are shared out throughout the team, and most importantly we keep creating those chances for him.

“He can do it on his own at times but it’s important that we keep creating those opportunities and also that he keeps doing the work for us as part of the team as well, which he does.”

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