Jamie Carragher explains why Sadio Mane is more important to Liverpool than Mohamed Salah

Jamie Carragher has claimed that Sadio Mane is more important to Liverpool during their title run-in than Mohamed Salah. The pair have been in inspirational form for Jurgen Klopp’s side throughout the campaign and should Liverpool go on to win their first league title since 1990, they will have played a huge part. And when asked by Gary Neville on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football which of the two Liverpool would miss the least if they were ruled out of the run-in, Carragher surprisingly picked Salah. Explaining his reasoning, Carragher said: “They’ve got the same amount of goals. I’m a massive fan of Mane. People talk about Jurgen Klopp and the signing of Salah, unbelievable… Van Dijk. “Mane’s the one that got Liverpool back. He was Klopp’s first big signing £30m. He was the first signing that got Liverpool back into the top four, the next season was Champions League final, this one is challenging for the title so he’s the one that’s been there from the very start. “If Liverpool or City win the league, a lot of it will be down to the wide players. When we challenged Manchester United in 2009 we didn’t have that wide player. Go through history at the teams who have won a title and the wide players stand out massively. I’d go as far as to say if we had Sadio Mane in that team in 2009 we would have possibly won the league, that was the only thing that was really lacking.”

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