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Ferdinand: I would take Mo Salah over Luis Suarez

Mo Salah continued his blistering start to the new campaign as Liverpool made it two wins from two in the Champions League with a 5-1 thumping over Porto on Tuesday Evening.

 

The Estadio De Grado has been a happy hunting ground for the Reds in recent seasons and with this latest victory they made it 14 goals scored and just two conceded over their last three appearances at the venue.

 

The Egyptian maestro scored a double to move his 2021/22 season tally to eight goals in as many games.

 

This is his best start to a season in Liverpool colours and on the back of Salah becoming the quickest player in club history to 100 Premier League goals, the discussion is on regarding where he sits in the pecking order of great players.

 

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Rio Ferdinand gave an outsiders view on the topic saying that he would take Salah over another beloved goal scorer in Luis Suarez.

 

Metro (via BT Sport) reported the former Man United and England defender as saying:

 

“I’d take Mo Salah, I think what he’s done in the last four season, he’s the top scorer again for Liverpool this season, I think he’s immense.

 

“The icing on the cake is he’s an integral part of a team who’s won big trophies, the Premier League, the Champions League, he’s a joy to watch an assassin in and around the box.

 

“Yes Suarez had a fantastic season, but for what Mo Salah has done, I can’t look past him in the modern era, in terms of winning the league in a Liverpool shirt. 

 

‘He’s not even doing this playing as a No.9, he’s doing it as a wide striker, he gets all types of goals. He does a bit of everything for me, he takes people on, he can run from deep”

 

While the Uruguayan only spent three and a half seasons on Merseyside before a acrimonious departure to Barcelona, his Liverpool legacy is sealed scoring 82 goals in just 132 appearances including back to back seasons with 30 plus goals.

 

Despite being virtually shown the door by Barca and approaching his mid 30s, the determination of Suarez to prove people wrong is clearly evident and he played a major role in Atletico Madrid winning the La Liga title  last season and scored the winning penalty in their clash against AC Milan.

 

One man who knows all about stepping up at the big moment for Liverpool is Michael Owen and he had a different point of view to Ferdinand.

 

“As a one off season, Suarez under Brendan Rodgers, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life, 31 goals and 17 assists. It’s not all about who wins the league.

 

‘I don’t think he’s [Salah] great when crosses come in, he’s not good at getting on the end of them with headers.’

 

It is a interesting discussion point and everyone will have a different view, but at the end of the day Liverpool fans are the true winners having seen both of these remarkable footballers in their prime week in and week out.

 

 

 

 

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KingLuis

As much as I appreciate Mo, Suarez is surely the better attacker of the two. There was a time where only Messi and Ronaldo were above him.

 

Suarez is more clinical for a start whereas Mo needs 3-4 chances in a game to score one. Suarez is also the more technical of the two, he could at his peak dribble past 2-3 players with ease... Remember what he did against ManU for Kuyt's goal.

 

Although prone to a dive from time to time, he was also solid as an ox and could play beyond the pain barrier.

 

In this present team, a peak Suarez would have been devastating, I'm sure of this. 

 

Suarez has scored more than 500 goals in his career, not sure Mo will ever achieve that milestone.

 

The only advantage Mo has on Suarez is speed and a legendary status at Liverpool.

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1 hour ago, KingLuis said:

As much as I appreciate Mo, Suarez is surely the better attacker of the two. There was a time where only Messi and Ronaldo were above him.

 

Suarez is more clinical for a start whereas Mo needs 3-4 chances in a game to score one. Suarez is also the more technical of the two, he could at his peak dribble past 2-3 players with ease... Remember what he did against ManU for Kuyt's goal.

 

Although prone to a dive from time to time, he was also solid as an ox and could play beyond the pain barrier.

 

In this present team, a peak Suarez would have been devastating, I'm sure of this. 

 

Suarez has scored more than 500 goals in his career, not sure Mo will ever achieve that milestone.

 

The only advantage Mo has on Suarez is speed and a legendary status at Liverpool.

That Kuyt goal - wasn’t it going in anyway and Dirk tapped it in? Would have been one the greatest PL goals if he left it.

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MOGLET
On 29/09/2021 at 12:35, aRdja said:

Horses for courses.


Suarez had better all round skills

Salah has superior pace

Suarez did most of his damage against "other players with his teeth"

Salah is a better big game player

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s(k)aturation

 

Two unbelievable Liverpool players.

 

Love them both.

 

And I never thought I'd love a Liverpool player in the way I loved, say, Kevin Keegan or Ray Kennedy.

 

Why bother comparing them - unless just for a bit of fun.

 

I'll content myself with the prospect that Mo, currently a Liverpool player, can - if we make a wish/pray for no significant injuries to our "squad" - help us to a League and European Cup double.

 

Maybe.

 

 

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Captain Howdy
On 29/09/2021 at 17:10, Code said:

 

I have no idea how this is even up for question. 
 

 

You see it’s this kind of arrogant nonsense that renders you a laughing stock on here, well that and the fact that you think Karius is a good goalkeeper.

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Boss
20 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

How's Suarez will to win greater than Salah? Because he was a cunt on the pitch? Then yes, but otherwise, I don't know how you'd measure that.

 

For me anyway, Salah is the definition of a true professional. He shows up every game and gives his best, never stopping or letting his foot off the gas. Suarez on the other hand approached every game like he was at war and his life literally depended on us winning.

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johnsusername
19 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

The best performance I've ever seen when I've been in the ground was Suarez against Zenit in David Brent's first season as manager! I've never seen a player torture a team like that before or since. He was mind blowingly brilliant.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Mo is ace.

Ironically, his performance against Zenit away was one of his worst, he missed a boat load of sitters. No away goal, and we went out. 

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Code
3 hours ago, Iceman said:

Suarex wins. Salah is nice no doubt but in terms of total performance Suarex is on a different level. 


Thats true, Salah is performing consistently at a higher level. 

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KingLuis
2 hours ago, Boss said:

 

For me anyway, Salah is the definition of a true professional. He shows up every game and gives his best, never stopping or letting his foot off the gas. Suarez on the other hand approached every game like he was at war and his life literally depended on us winning.

Suarez also has one of the best football brain i've ever seen. Beside his biting habit he knows exactly what to do in every situation... He'll dive, stay on his feet, run, dribble, pass, shoot, waste time, simulate an injury then up in a second to score, taunt the opposition, taunt the opposition fans... Add to this, he is very unselfish compared to Salah, knows how to pass when a team mate is in a better position, free-kick expert, right foot, left foot, good header of the ball... The quasi perfect attacker.

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Creator Supreme
On 30/09/2021 at 18:48, johnsusername said:

Ironically, his performance against Zenit away was one of his worst, he missed a boat load of sitters. No away goal, and we went out. 

He was pish in the home leg against Hearts earlier in the season too but still scored the goal that put us through!

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El Rojo

Clearly Suarez was phenomenal, but he was poor by his standards at the end of that 2013/14 season when we most needed him not to be. It’s also sometimes conveniently forgotten that we did pretty well without him during his long suspension at the start of that season. I also find the whole ‘one man team’ narrative of that season disrespectful to Gerrard, among a few others, including Sturridge, who had the season of his life. 
 

 

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12 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Clearly Suarez was phenomenal, but he was poor by his standards at the end of that 2013/14 season when we most needed him not to be. It’s also sometimes conveniently forgotten that we did pretty well without him during his long suspension at the start of that season. I also find the whole ‘one man team’ narrative of that season disrespectful to Gerrard, among a few others, including Sturridge, who had the season of his life. 
 

 

All fair points.

 

Take Suarez out though, and barring an unlikely replacement of the same quality, we're struggling to finish in the top 4

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