Mohamed Salah has been crowned the Premier League’s Player of the Month in February.
Salah was involved in ten Liverpool goals in February, earning the Player of the Month Award for the seventh time in his career, a record shared with Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero. The Egyptian’s form has helped propel Liverpool to the top of the Premier League standings, with the Reds looking like champions-elect entering the final stretch of the season.
Salah was voted Premier League Player of the Month in November, becoming the first player to win the title twice in the same campaign since the 2022/23 season, alongside Erling Haaland and Marcus Rashford.
Alexander Isak is the only Newcastle United player to be named Player of the Month this season, receiving the award for a fantastic December. Chris Wood, who had a year contract on Tyneside, was the previous winner in November.
Salah, meanwhile, has been sensational in the league this season, but the Egyptian will be hoping to add a Carabao Cup trophy to his collection on Sunday when Liverpool face Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium. Liverpool are the current League Cup holders, having defeated Chelsea in last season’s final, and after being knocked out of the Champions League by PSG in midweek, they know Sunday is their only other chance to add silverware to their collection this season – barring their expected Premier League crown.
Eddie Howe on how to stop Salah on Sunday
Speaking before of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, Howe was asked about his preparations to prevent Salah from adding to his impressive record against Newcastle. The Egyptian has been directly involved in 18 goals in 16 outings against Newcastle for Liverpool in all competitions, but Howe believes his team’s priority should not be just on stopping the 32-year-old. “No, no conversations with Salah; I respect him as a footballer, of course, but I don’t usually engage in too many conversations with opposing players; for me, it’s about my players and making sure I speak to them.
“Stopping him is a different train of thought totally, so I think we will have our plan, we always do have a plan against different opponents, executing that to the best of our ability will be the key and it’s always about the team, so whenever there’s an outstanding individual, and Liverpool have a few in different positions, attacking player-wise, and I think it’s always about the team and making sure our structures are good, not about any individuals.”
Salah scored twice in Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Newcastle United at St James’ Park in December, but was quiet when the sides met at Anfield last month. Despite scoring an assist, Lewis Hall was able to keep Salah at bay throughout the game.
Hall, of course, won’t feature this weekend however as he recovers from a foot injury. Tino Livramento is likely to be given the unenviable task of keeping the winger quiet at Wembley.
