Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool were the ‘lucky guys’ for signing Mohamed Salah

Jurgen Klopp has hailed the impact that Roma had on Liverpool’s star man Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool take a 5-2 advantage going into the Champions League semi-final second-leg against Roma on Wednesday, after Salah scored twice and produced two assists at Anfield last week.

And speaking ahead of Wednesday’s match at the Stadio Olimpico, Klopp believes Salah’s spell in the Italian capital helped his career to flourish.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hailed the impact that Roma had on Salah’s career

Klopp told the media: ‘He has matured. He got confidence here. He came from Chelsea to Florence and played a good season. 

‘Then he grew up at Roma and now we are the lucky guys who have in him in our team. Each striker in the world doesn’t start at 18 years old. 

‘They need to be a go-getter and that’s what Salah is. He really is quite cool with it. He has good team-mates, they love helping him and they love how he helps them.’

Salah, who joined from Roma in the summer for £39million, has scored a remarkable 43 goals in his debut season for the Reds.

Klopp’s side take a 5-2 advantage over Roma going into the second-leg on Wednesday

Klopp will be desperate for Salah to punish his former club Roma at the Stadio Olimpico

The Egyptian, alongside his deadly attacking partners Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, was influential in blowing away Roma at Anfield.  

Salah, Mane and Firmino were all on the scoresheet on Merseyside as they raced into a brilliant 5-0 lead.

However, they left the door ever-so slightly ajar with Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti netting late on to make it 5-2. 

Egyptian international Salah has scored a remarkable 43 goals this season in all competitions