Mohamed Salah closes in on stunning Liverpool landmark as Virgil van Dijk comparison backfires

Your Liverpool morning digest for Sunday, February 13.

Mohamed Salah made his Liverpool return with a 30-minute cameo against Leicester on Thursday, following his exploits with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Though he faced a painful penalty shootout defeat in the Final, Salah has shown a desire to put the experience behind him as he raced back to reintroduce himself to the Anfield crowd.

The Reds forward will be expected to start against Burnley on Sunday and stands just two goals away from the latest landmark in his sensational Liverpool career.

If the 29-year-old can bag a brace against the Clarets he would reach 150 goals for the club - with his scoring rate putting him alongside some of the greatest strikers in Liverpool’s history.

Even in July 2021, claiming Harry Maguire to be on the same level as Virgil van Dijk was unreasonable to most fair-minded football fans.

But that's what Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson did as he backed his team-mate to go toe-to-toe with Liverpool 's defensive behemoth in terms of his performances.

Not only did he do that, but he insisted that he would be "proven right" in the future.

“I'd put him in the same category as Virgil van Dijk, and I'll be proven right in the next couple of years, because he's only going to get better and better,” Henderson told talkSPORT, ahead of the EURO 2020 Final.

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