Mohamed Salah has made clear to Jurgen Klopp he wants as many games as possible to try to create Liverpool goalscoring history as they prepare to travel to bottom of the Premier League table West Bromwich Albion.
It means the Egypt winger is reluctant to be rested for tomorrow's match at The Hawthorns, even though Reds manager Klopp has to pick a team with Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg against Roma in mind.
Salah became only the third player to score 40 goals in a season for Liverpool when he struck in last weekend's 3-0 win over Bournemouth.
He is now just seven short of equalling the all-time club record set by Ian Rush, who struck 47 goals for Liverpool in the 1983/84 season.
Klopp, though, must consider whether to rest Salah for the West Brom fixture, given the match comes three days before the meeting with the winger's former club Roma.
Klopp decided to leave out several key players for the Premier League match against Merseyside derby rivals Everton on April 7, three days before the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Manchester City, and the move paid off.
Liverpool came away from Goodison Park with a goalless draw to remain on course for a top-four finish, while Salah was given additional time to recover from a groin injury.
Salah then returned to score the vital away goal against City, since crowned champions of the Premier League, that effectively killed off the tie as Klopp's side won 2-1 at the Etihad to secure a 5-1 aggregate victory.
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"I will be very happy if I break it. I want to keep scoring. I want to be number one for the record."
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