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Jurgen Klopp hails 'truly exceptional' Mohamed Salah for breaking Steven Gerrard's Champions League scoring record as he defends his decision to play talisman for full 90 minutes in dead rubber with Midtjylland

Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on his 'exceptional' forward Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian broke another record and passed club legend Steven Gerrard.

Salah's goal inside one minute against FC Midtjylland put him on 23 Champions League strikes for the Reds, one better than arguably Liverpool's all-time greatest player.

Klopp courted controversy by playing Salah for the whole 90 minutes plus eight additional minutes of added time, but waxed lyrical about his player following the full-time whistle.

Mohamed Salah's goal inside one minute against Midtjylland saw him surpass Steven Gerrard
The Egyptian now has 23 Champions League goals, one more than club legend Gerrard

'It is one record after another, and I am pretty sure he is proud of that… he should be,' said Klopp in his pre-match press conference.