Mohamed Salah is eager to lead by example as Liverpool aim to build on their strong start under head coach Arne Slot, with a trip to Manchester United on the horizon.
The Reds have won their first two Premier League matches of the season, with Salah scoring in each 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town and Brentford.
The next significant fixture of the campaign is approaching, with Slot’s side set to face United at Old Trafford in a 4pm BST kick-off on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah, who has scored more goals against United than any other team (14 goals), spoke with Men in Blazers ahead of this latest encounter between the fierce rivals.
He said: “I just go to the game, try to focus on the game and win the game.
“I know what it means to the fans and the city, so I’m always trying to help the team and score goals.
“If we score goals we have a better chance to win the game so I’m always focusing on the game, trying to help the team to win the game.
“I have changed a lot. As a person, you grow. My kids are Scousers now!
“Their language is like the accent as well. So, it’s a big change.
“As a player also, I developed a lot and improved a lot. It’s a lot of change.
“Now I’m one of the experienced players in the team.
“You won almost everything with the team but also your role has changed on the field and outside.
“As a player you feel like now you are aware of everything in the game, you’re more calm and you know football more than before now.
“When you come [through] you are really young, you are excited most of the time and you can’t really control your emotions in the game.
“But now you can handle it well because you have more experience and you deal with situations as you have done 100 times before.
“Now you can control your emotions in the game and try to set a good example for the young players.
“And just play your game, that’s the most important thing as well.
On how he would describe the change in Liverpool’s style under Slot, Mohamed Salah added: “As you said, it’s quite different to before.
“Now we are trying to control the ball all the time.
“I’m not saying before was not, but before it wasn’t really the No.1 thing because with Jürgen [Klopp] most of the time we tried to counter-attack or counter-press and try to win the ball as high as possible.
“Now we’re still doing that for sure but also when you have the ball you have more time to keep the ball and just try to move the ball around. So, more possession with the ball.
The system is quite different but I think we are adapting very well, especially the senior group, because we have been with one manager for seven or eight years.
“Now we are adapting with a new manager. Everything is working well so far, so hopefully we can continue like that and win big trophies.
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