Mohamed Salah continued to wow Jürgen Klopp on Thursday night, breaking yet another record with a goal for Liverpool’s No. 11.

Salah scored in stoppage time to seal a 5-1 victory for the Kop after coming off the bench in the second half of their Europa League match against Toulouse.

With the goal, the Egyptian now has 43 goals for the Reds in key European tournaments, which is more goals than any other player for an English club.

It was Salah’s ninth goal of 2023–24 in all competitions; since joining Liverpool in 2017, he has scored only five goals short of 200.

During his pre-Nottingham Forest press conference, Klopp answered questions regarding the forward’s durability, game adaptation, and present confidence.

Regarding whether Salah is playing with more confidence right now…

Yes, it’s clear that he’s just having fun with the bunch. That seems like a pretty clear thing. If you see him sitting on the bench, he’s always eager to play! However, he also took pleasure in observing the other guys before entering the game and netting the goal. I’m overjoyed for him. He’s obviously been a mature man for a while now, but he’s also developing in his role with us and possibly in football in general. To demonstrate that in order to remain at the top, it’s good to savor the moment before moving on, which is clearly what he is doing.

It was a pretty excellent goal, a wonderful goal. I was unaware of the records; perhaps if I had been more interested in that, he might have broken a few more, as I believe I once overlooked him when he had the opportunity to break a record! I’m just not into this too much; it wasn’t planned. Tonight, he shattered the record. It’s obvious that he would have shattered it in two or three weeks, if not today. He’s just a really talented player. We value him, and after his career, everyone will undoubtedly value him even more since you will realize, “Wow, we saw something really special.”

Regarding if he believes Salah has become “more of an all-around player” while playing for the team…

Yes, without a doubt. Of course. The young Mo, who played alongside [Edin] Dzeko at Roma, was an extremely quick player with the ability to close a game. Things like this happened when Dzeko deflected or controlled the ball and Mo was present. He had to perform new tasks here from the very beginning. He adjusted really nicely. However, Bobby [Firmino] was presumably more of a setup man in that front row. Furthermore, it’s not very good because you need people in the box and players who can get the ball over the line; you don’t need two players who are a little bit deeper. Now that Darwin [Nunez] is playing, things are a little different because there is another speed player up there. That undoubtedly altered Mo’s position, but he is shrewd enough to adjust to all of these new circumstances. Yes, he has made significant progress since coming, but overall, he was world-class, and that is arguably the finest thing you can say about a player.

On Salah’s fortuitous invention and the development of strikers in their 30s…

Although he acts like an adult off the field, he is still a youthful player. That is how it is. He’s really fit. I believe that if we were to actually scan him, most of his bones would likely be between 19 and 20 since he just maintains such excellent health. No, it’s with knowledge of the game. We attempt to provide young players with that. When their 35-year-old football careers come to an end, they all have a great deal of knowledge, but the earlier you can obtain this information, the more valuable it is.

That is obviously the case with Mo; even if he is unable to score, he can still pose a threat to us because he has a far better understanding of the spaces and how players respond to him. As I mentioned before, the Everton match will undoubtedly not be remembered for its performance, but scoring two goals is a huge accomplishment. We think it’s equally vital to play much better in other games and not score, but to always be a threat, as that actually creates room for all the other boys. You may be correct, but I don’t think Mo is biologically in his 30s, therefore I can’t compare him to other players who are about that age!