Mohamed Salah pays huge compliment to Liverpool teammate ...
Mohamed Salah paid Stefan Bajcetic a huge compliment by branding the Liverpool midfielder his side’s ‘best player’ following a man of the match display in Monday night’s convincing Merseywide derby victory.
Jurgen Klopp’s side earned a much needed three points thanks to Salah’s first Anfield goal of 2023 and Cody Gakpo’s first for his new club following his January move from PSV Eindhoven.
The performances of teenage midfielder Bajcetic have represented one of the few uplifting aspects of a wretched run of form for Liverpool and the Spaniard was outstanding again at the heart of his side’s engine room.
Economic with the ball and tigerish in the tackle, Anfield has warmed immediately to the 18-year-old and Salah believes Bajcetic has been Liverpool’s best player since breaking into the team.
He said: ‘He’s a great player and person, he always tries to work hard. Since he started playing for us, he has been our best player maybe so hopefully he keeps that confidence and keeps going.’
Responding to Salah’s praise, Anfield’s newest cult hero said: ‘To be fair, I played in a different position, I thought it would be less comfortable but it was good and I enjoyed it a lot.
‘Mo Salah is probably one of the best players ever in Liverpool history so it is nice to hear a legend say that to me.
‘I won more confidence playing at Anfield for a couple of games so I always love a tackle so I combine both and that is good.
‘It was a great game, with the crowd and the derby. Hopefully we keep playing well and win more games.
‘It’s crazy, I was playing under 18s a year ago and now I am playing at Anfield and that just happened in one year and I am really enjoying it.’
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