Mohamed Salah insists Liverpool are not “underdogs” in the Premier League title race as they have one of the best squads in the world.
Under new head coach Arne Slot, Liverpool have won 15 of their 17 games this season and sit top of both the Premier League and Champions League. They have also progressed to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
Liverpool have a five-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City, who visit Anfield at the start of December.
Speaking during the second episode of Liverpool FC’s ‘The Red’s Roundtable’, Salah said there is no reason for Liverpool to feel their current position is not a reflection of their abilities.
Asked what his aims are for the season, Salah replied: “Win it all. I work so hard every day. I hate the idea we are underdogs now. We have an incredible group, one of the best in the world. In each position you are going to find a player that is one of the top three in the world so why we don’t win it?
“This city and this club has to always fight for everything.”
Salah, along with Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, is in the final year of his contract. Talks are continuing over his future but he can sign a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club from January 1.
The 32-year-old has been in exceptional form this season, scoring and providing 10 goals and 10 assists in 17 appearances, and insists he is still relishing life on Merseyside.
“Every day I’m in AXA (training centre), I enjoy it a lot,” he said. “Even when I look back, you look at the players who left, I don’t know if they enjoy it or not, but my time here I’m enjoying every second of it. I want to look back to my career and say I enjoyed everything.”
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