Klopp: Mo can emulate Messi

Liverpool manager backing Salah for greatness after four-goal masterclass

LIVERPOOL - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes comparisons between Mohamed Salah and Barcelona's five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi are premature, but that the Egyptian is on his way to one day becoming the best player in the world.

Salah's stunning season continued with a four-goal haul in a 5-0 thrashing of Watford at Anfield on Saturday to take his tally for the season to 36 - the most goals ever scored by a Liverpool player in their debut year at the club.