Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has claimed that Mo Salah is ‘not selfish’ after comments from former Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger. Wenger questioned Salah’s decision making after Salah shot instead of passing to Mane, who had a simple finish, costing his side another goal in their 3-0 win at Turf Moor.
Fowler, however, believes that Salah is a confident goalscorer and does not see this as an issue.
‘I’ve honestly never heard such nonsense as the stuff that has surrounded this so-called spat between Sadio Mane and Mo Salah,’ Fowler told the Mirror.
‘Everyone commenting and talking nonsense about being greedy or destroying team spirit, have they never watched football before? Because you can’t be a top-class goalscorer without total belief you will score. I look at Salah’s record and it tells me he’s going to keep doing it. You don’t score that many goals without being what people say is selfish. But what the hell do people want? ‘Do they want him to be a goalscorer or do they want him to be someone who’s always looking to pass? You can’t really have both. ‘And the other nonsense I’ve heard is people saying he’s not passing because he’s jealous, he doesn’t want Mane to score. If anyone can slow down the game so much they have time to think, “Oh, I’m not passing to him because he’s scored more than me”, well they’re the best who’s ever played. Yes, Salah can be selfish when he sees the goal, but, to me, that makes him a great goalscorer. And it’s not as if he doesn’t create chances for others. Mane knows that, and what he did was just frustration at being taken off.’
