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salThe Egyptian, who has returned to his frightening best for the Merseyside giants this season, broke the deadlock to reach the historic milestone in only the eighth minute of Tuesday night’s action-packed Group B encounter.
It initially looked as if the goal would be taken away from Salah given it took a hefty deflection off James Milner, but the forward will have been relieved to see his name pop up on the scoreboard at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Jurgen Klopp’s men appeared on course for a comfortable evening in the Spanish capital as Naby Keita doubled their lead with a thunderous volley in the 13th minute, but the hosts drew level thanks to a quickfire brace from Antoine Griezmann.
However, the match took another enormous twist in the 52nd minute as Griezmann was given his marching orders by referee Daniel Siebert for a high foot on Roberto Firmino.
‘’I don’t always greet (the other manager) after the game because I don’t like it,’’ Diego Simeone explained.
‘’It’s not healthy for either the winner or the loser. I think of it that way.
‘’But now, when I see him, I’ll greet him without a problem.’’
Speaking ahead of the clash on beIN SPORTS, ex-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger named Salah as the best striker in the world on current form.
‘’He’s top, top class and he’s certainly the best striker at the moment in the world because he scores goals that nobody else can score,’’ the iconic Frenchman said.
‘’You have to play street football to dribble past people like that in a short space. ‘’He’s full of confidence and he’s creative. ‘’Overall, I believe as well that he is very intelligent because the sign of players that always improve is the intelligence.’’ — Metro
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