Crouch on Liverpool competition style and Salah-Mane relationship

Ex-

striker, Peter Crouch, admitted that

and

are not the best friends, but he believes this rivalry between the two could be a good thing for the team. After Mane’s frustration with Jurgen Klopp for his decision to substitute the player with Salah in their 7-0 win over

, there were talks of a feud between the two players.

Crouch

aware of the two players’ relationship, insists that Salah and Mane have a healthy competitive relationship.

Crouch told the

Daily Mail

:

“There is only a problem around something like this if a team are losing.”

“Liverpool have won everything over the past two years and I would expect them to retain the Premier League, too, given the form they have hit. But don’t kid yourself that a competition isn’t going on between Salah and Mane.”

“Every forward player is selfish and these two will want to score as many goals as they possibly can — Salah, in particular, looks obsessed with his numbers right now.”

“Salah came here as a winger but he has developed into one of Europe’s most prolific forwards; a goal machine. He was in the right place for his first at Crystal Palace and his second, to complete the 7-0 rout, was absolutely beautiful.”

“Mane’s face, having been substituted, was a picture. He was furious and rightly so, because when you smell blood as a striker, the last thing you want is to be taken off.”

“Are he and Salah the best of friends? I doubt it. But it doesn’t matter. I had strike partners who I knew never liked me. It never prevented me getting on with my job.”

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