28 Feb 2018 12:27:03
Hi eds, I was wondering how much of Salahs amazing season been down to Klopp? Surely this must show how Klopp take players onto another level?!

Cheers in advance.

{Ed001's Note - and how is anyone meant to measure that?}


1.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 16:08:06
I’ll have a go. Eighteen percent. He also prefers running on English grass, so maybe another 2 percent there.


2.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 16:18:23
Clearly you use a Klopp-o meter to measure Klopps effect on players!


3.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 16:50:09
I'm not saw anyone, including klopp expected salah to score as many as he has. Last season the goals were spread all through the team. Of course since seeing salah's ability he is put in a more goal scoring position in open play.


4.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 16:54:54
I can't prove or measure it, but i think it is more down to Firmino being a more creative and selfless striker than Dzeko. Salah was as much a creator at Roma as a goalscorer, whereas here he is the main goal threat. He had to play around Dzeko, whereas Firmino is intelligent enough to vacate space so others can burst into it. They are more of a partnership.

{Ed001's Note - Salah himself has said that Klopp told him to play more forward and look for more goals rather than to create.}


5.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 17:07:22
That's good to hear i think Ed. It shows Klopp has an eye for how to get that little bit extra out of an already exceptional talent. I do still think Firmino allows Salah to get into those positions though. Dzeko would've just attacked the same balls and got in his way making runs into similar areas, so he was more of an orthodox wide forward. He kind of has a free role in our team, and the right forward area is just his starting position. It's great to watch though. Hats off to Klopp!


6.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 17:15:47
Well, it's down to the system that allows our wingers to play as forwards more or less. So yes, it is down to klopp. But he didn't give mo a little red klopp pill that guarantees 3 goals a game and glossy shine to the hair.


7.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 17:33:34
With a kloppometer 👍🤦🏻‍♂️.


8.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 17:55:20
Absolutely agree with you MK, Firmino is a very fundamental key to the system working as his intelligence on and off the ball is so important. Also helps that if one of them doesn’t score one of the others will.


9.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 21:17:49
I think the way the team is setup to play (and therefore Klopp) has been instrumental to Salah scoring more. The other key factor has been Firmino and the interplay between the front three creating chances for each other.

The whole attack is built around all three of the forwards scoring goals, and also Firmino being the creative influence, often dropping deeper at times to get on the ball or break down play, creating space in behind for Mane and Salah to exploit with their pace and goal scoring abilities.

He’s been a revelation with it, but it’s a very different system to say Tottenham, Chelsea, Utd where he wouldn’t have as many opportunities to attack the central areas as those spaces would already typically be occupied by a Lukaku or Morata.

Take a look at how often Salah is scoring from a run into a more central position, and often more advanced than Firmino.