Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was never worried about Mohamed Salah being able to follow up his stellar first season at Anfield.
But he did concede that both the player and club must learn to cope with a raised level-of-expectations.
The Egyptian forward, who scored 44 goals for the Merseyside club in all competitions during his debut campaign, fired a brilliant hat-trick in Saturday’s 4-0 victory over Bournemouth.
The win helped to send unbeaten Liverpool top of the English Premier League, and it was further aided by then table-toppers Manchester City’s 0-2 loss to Chelsea later same day.
A dislocated shoulder during the UEFA Champions League final match in May and a disappointing 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia seemed to hang over Salah earlier in the season.
But Klopp believes the 26-year-old had never lost his scoring touch.
“I’m interested in the moment but I never judge it, because the moment is just a little part of all what we do,” the German…
