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Liverpool news: Mohamed Salah and Co as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi - Van Dijk
MOHAMED SALAH and his Liverpool attacking co-stars are as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have formed a great relationship
That is according to Reds defender Virgil van Dijk.
Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have softened the blow of Philippe Coutinho's January departure by forming an unstoppable alliance up front for Liverpool this term.
The trio have 82 goals and 37 assists between them this season.
And Van Dijk admits Ronaldo and Messi now have company when it comes to being the best attackers in the world.
“It’s good stuff playing against them in training, it makes you better,” he said.
Mohamed Salah has been compared to Cristiano Ronaldo
I am training and playing against the best three forwards in Europe at the moment
“I am training and playing against the best three forwards in Europe at the moment, together with a couple of other guys in Spain!
“They are just making you better and you learn a lot.”
Liverpool are well on course to finish in the top four this season.
Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have helped Mohamed Salah throughout the campaign
And Jurgen Klopp's men have a fantastic chance of reaching the Champions League final after drawing Roma in the last four.
“We are all working hard and showing a mature attitude and saying what it is, even if that means telling someone to step up in a hard way, but everyone is taking that very well,” added Van Dijk.
Salah, Mane and Firmino all got on the scoresheet in the 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.