Salah and Mani … Has the competition of the two friends reached the point of danger?

Salah and Mani … Has the competition of the two friends reached the point of danger?

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane (archive)

London: Middle East Online

LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool midfielder Sadio Mane was caught in a controversy when he was replaced by the fourth round of the Premier League. Mani was angry because his team mate, Mohamed Salah, did not pass the ball in a position that would have given Senegal a better chance of scoring.
Mani, Brazilians Roberto Firmino and Burnley of Chris Wood (Burnley's player) scored in the match.
The Guardian newspaper said that Mani had left the pitch frustrated with anger because he had not received Mohamed Salah's ball to score the fourth goal of his team. According to the Independent newspaper, viewers revealed Mani's great anger against Mohamed Salah, who wanted to score a goal at the meeting. The Daily Express said that Mani was angry with his teammate for failing to pass the ball more than once during the match.
"Mani's anger is not because of the change," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said at the end of the match. "This is a moved person, and there is something that he did not like, we will handle things in the locker room."
Since last season, there has been a lot of talk about disagreements between players, supporters noticing the egoism of Mani and Salah about the possibility of passing the ball to each other in a better position.
Despite the emotions on the ground, the statements of both players against each other reveal a great mutual respect between the two colleagues and the team's preference for the interest of the team. Personal interest.
In May, shortly before the final of the Liverpool Champions League, Mani revealed the nature of his relationship with Salah in an interview with Mirror with Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler.
"I just want to win," said Mani. "I want the title … Salah mark, I score.It is important to get the trophy.If Salah brings the trophy, I will give him the ball.
"In the past season, Mo Salah has been incredible," said Mani. "If you want to win something as a team, you will of course need this type of players, without the important goals of Salah we would not have been in the Champions League."
And about his competition with Salah, he said: "This kind of thing happens in football … It does not matter if I score or not, as long as the team scores … Some people want to say to About the competition, but I think it's what makes "The foot is very exciting (competition), but that does not really matter to me."
In a televised interview with CNN last month, Mohamed Salah spoke about his relationship with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, as well as their importance to the team, noting that they play in an effort to "get on with it. team through which all players work hard.
Salah stressed that "the most important thing is that the team continues to win … and that the goals will come", pointing out that he does not only think about scoring goals, but that he plays all his roles as that wing player, including goal making, and gives crucial passes to his teammates.
Salah, after sharing with Mani as top scorer in the Premier League last season, said: "I am delighted that Sadio has won the Golden Shoe award and we have shared it together. .
Salah continued, "I'm always competing with everyone, I'm not talking about the competition that leads to the fight, but in the right way of the competition."
Fierce African competition
The competition between Salah and Mani is aggravated by the presence of players from the same team in the same league and by the common African assets of the players.
The presence of both players in the same team increases the intensity of the competition, everyone wishing to become the star of the first team, as well as the presence of players in the same league to raise the level of competition between players with a tendency to attack, where they want to win the scoring title, which is evident in the Premier League. Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named the league's top scorer with 22 goals apiece.
The African strengths of the Egyptian and Senegalese players added a special character to their competition. They also competed for the title of African player of the year, won by Egyptian star Mohamed Salah in the past two years. The Senegalese Sadio Mane is the opponent of choice.

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