Mohamed Salah has been sensational from day one at Liverpool, rapidly becoming one of the best goalscorers in the world while simultaneously giving the finger to Chelsea after they previously rejected him.
Five years and 155 goals since his arrival, he’s now clearly the main man on Merseyside and has been constantly evolving from the Roma winger whose £35million signing was strongly questioned.
The Egyptian has always been well-rounded, yet he somehow still has his critics, who through jealous tears claim that Salah is too selfish, or offers nothing outside of his endless stream of goals.
It took just two minutes of magic in the Champions League semi-final to shut these critics up and show his final evolved form after years of growth.
As Liverpool tried again and again to break down Villarreal’s deep block at Anfield, they finally found relief when Jordan Henderson’s cross deflected off Pervis Estupinan to find the net.
It was a somewhat fortunate goal, but one that stemmed from Salah laying the ball off to his captain on the right. Any cries about selfishness had been silenced as Liverpool’s highest ever goalscorer in European competition had turned creator.
The next step of Salah’s evolution was to not only destroy the opposition but to have fun doing it. A minute after the first goal, he went on a one-man mission to try and end the tie as soon as possible.
Picking up the ball on the right-hand side, Salah sunk the Yellow Submarine with not one but two outrageous nutmegs.
Initially terrorising left-back Estupinan by twisting him inside out and poking the ball through his legs, Salah then sealed the match by adding another Villarreal defender to his victim list.
The 29-year-old picked up the ball in front of the box and sent it straight through the legs of Pau Torres to find Sadio Mane, who slotted home with ease.
In just a few short minutes, Salah had helped create two goals, nutmegging and humiliating two defenders on the way.
Not only had Salah…
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