Salah makes Liverpool history with 20th goal of the season in rout of Sparta Prague

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Mohamed Salah's relentless drive to keep scoring will never stop after the Egyptian created more history on Thursday.

Salah's goal in the 6-1 thrashing of Sparta Prague was his 20th of an injury interrupted campaign, and made him the first Liverpool player to reach that mark in seven successive seasons.

It took Salah's Reds tally to 206 goals since joining from Roma in 2017 – he trails only Roger Hunt and Ian Rush – and with Liverpool fighting for three more trophies to add to their League Cup triumph last month his return to fitness is a welcome boost for Klopp.

“In seven years together with him, the one problem we never had was consistency,” said Klopp after the Egypt international’s first start since New Year’s Day after a hamstring injury sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.

“Mo is just delivering and delivering and delivering, his desire doesn’t stop, his quality is there and his desire to score doesn’t stop.

“He has improved in so many aspects since he started here. That’s how it is, he will not stop.

“I’m less surprised than maybe some others, I thought it had already happened to be honest but he was injured for a while, otherwise he would have done it in January or February.

“But great, very good, and great to have him back.”

Salah also provided two assists for Bobby Clark and Cody Gakpo, who scored twice, with Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai also on target.

He completed his first 90 minutes in two months but Klopp admitted he had wanted to rest him earlier.

“It was not the plan he plays 90 minutes, the plan was to take him off when we brought on Mateusz [Musialowski] but Bobby Clark said [he felt something] and Mo is experienced enough that he recovers during