The prolific Egyptian returns to Stadio Olimpico for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg a Liverpool player, and looking to add to a phenomenal tally of 43 goals for his club this season - two of which came in last week's first meeting at Anfield.
That number so far during 2017-18 outstrips Salah’s total of 34 goals he scored across two campaigns with Roma and, during his pre-match press conference at the Olimpico on Tuesday, Klopp was asked to identify the reasons for the No.11’s improvement.
“He has matured. He got confidence here. He came from Chelsea to Florence and played a good season, not as good as a season at Rome, and then he grew up and is now the player he is,” the manager said.