Salah believes Liverpool's rivalry with Manchester City has made him a better player - insisting their recent success has made the Reds "work harder than you usually do".
Liverpool are looking for a first league victory in East Manchester since the early months of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool reign in November 2015.
Should Liverpool emerge victorious from the clash with Pep Guardiola's side, they would move two points clear at the top of the Premier League table
Despite suffering final-day heartbreak at the hands of Manchester City in 2019 and 2022, Salah says Liverpool's new-found rivalry with the Etihad outfit has elevated the performance levels at Anfield.
Salah
"It makes us [a] better team, it makes us better players and I'm sure it makes the manager a better manager as well,"
"When you always know that someone is going to win the games and someone is always waiting for you to lose a game, you always work harder than you usually do. It makes us [a] better team and better players."
Salah feels he is forming a fine understanding with Nunez, who made a £64m move to Anfield last summer.
Salah adds
"I think because he saw that I'm always looking at him when he's running and [I'm] just trying to give him assists, try to give him balls, he's always trying his best to give me the ball back,"
"I think because we are both fast and we both have speed, it makes us understand each other's game.
"But also when Cody plays in that position, he's a fantastic guy. If you understand their game, your game is going to be easier.
"So I'm trying always to understand the other players' games, so I know where I could be in that position with this player and with other players it's different.
"Kostas and Robbo [are] completely different, Darwin and Cody are also different. So I have to adapt with the players who are going to play and who's where."
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