‘No one better than him’

Jurgen Klopp hailed Mohamed Salah as the best player in the world after the Liverpool forward scored another sublime goal in Saturdayrsquos 50 demolition of Watford Salah underlined why Liverpool are so desperate to get the Egypt forward to sign a new contract with his audacious secondhalf strike at Vicarage RoadDancing through the Watford defence Salahrsquos magical moment topped even his eyecatching goal against Manchester City before the international breakJurgen KloppLiverpoolrsquos habit of avoiding big contracts for players over 30 has fuelled fears Salah 29 will leave when his present deal expires in 2023 But with 10 goals in 10 games this season Salah has proved his huge value to Liverpool who will surely bow to his wish to be paid alongside the Premier Leaguersquos highest earnersConsistent SalahFor the first time in his career Salah has scored in eight successive topflight matches and Liverpool boss Klopp has no doubts he is now better than even Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo ldquoWe donrsquot have to talk about what Ronaldo and Messi did for world football and how they were really dominantrdquo Klopp saidAlso Read Michail Antonio stars as Hammers crush FoxesldquoBut in this moment it is clear that there is no one better than him It was a super pass for the first goal and his goal was absolutely exceptionalrdquo Salahrsquos breathtaking goal stole the spotlight on a day when Roberto Firmino claimed his first Liverpool hattrick since 2018 in his first start for five league gamesIt was also a memorable afternoon for Senegal forward Sadio Mane who became only the third African player after Salah and Didier Drogba to reach a century of Premier League goals a milestone encompassing his time at Southampton Leicester City scorer Jamie VardyMan Utd lose to LeicesterMeanwhile Manchester United succumbed to a first away league defeat for 30 games by losing 42 at Leicester United led at the King Power thanks to Mason Greenwoodrsquos spectacular strike but were quickly pegged back by Youri Tielemansrsquo dinked finish beyond David de Gea A flurry of four goals in the final 12 minutes then condemned Solskjaerrsquos men to a first defeat on the road since January 2020Caglar Soyuncu put Leicester in front before Marcus Rashford equalised Straight from kickoff Unitedrsquos leaky defence was breached once more as Jamie Vardy smashed home and Patson Dakarsquos first Leicester goal in stoppage time sealed a muchneeded win for Brendan Rodgersrsquo menAlso Read Riyad let fame go to his head He changed when he went to Manchester CityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever