Jurgen Klopp said Mohamed Salah has altered his role within the Liverpool side but that he remains "world class".
Speaking before Sunday's game against Nottingham Forest,
Klopp said:
"The young Mo was a super fast player. From the first day he had to do different things, he adapted extremely well, but the playmaker in that role was probably Bobby [Firmino] setting things up.
"You don’t need two players who are deeper because you need players in the box and players to bring the ball over the line.
"Now it’s slightly different, especially with Darwin [Nunez] when he is playing. We have another speed player up there so that changed Mo’s position definitely.
"He is smart enough to adapt to all these different things. It is a massive development since he arrived, but he was in all phases world class.
"He understands the spaces much better, he knows how players react on him and if he cannot score he can still be a threat for us. That is really super important.
"The Everton game will not go down in history with performance, but scoring two goals is massive.
"In other games playing much better but not scoring, being constantly a threat is as important because that really opens up spaces for all the other boys. I cannot compare Mo to other 30-odd-year-old players because I don’t think biologically he is."
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