If your striker is any other than Firminho, Mane is the prefered option.
Salah vs Mane , who is the better player?
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How people don’t understand this is actually ridiculous. Salah is the furthest forward because firmino is a midfielder. If Liverpool decided to ever upgrade on firmino for a real forward, salah would be exposed for the stat padder that he is. Like Fabregas said Mane is the best (second best after debruyne) in my opinion.
And salah isn’t the better finisher like I’m reading in here, he just gets most of the chances which he still ends up missing most times.
Had both been in different teams, it would be like a Messi vs Ronaldo of EPL debate.
Both football styles are different yet same, both can dominate well
Both football styles are different yet same, both can dominate well
Considering how this season has gone, individually for both players, thought it was time to bring it up.
Now, i rated Salah higher than Mane before this season, and nothings really changed, in fact, Salah is their only attacker to show up consistently.
Now, i rated Salah higher than Mane before this season, and nothings really changed, in fact, Salah is their only attacker to show up consistently.
They hate eachother. That’s enough for me.
Agreed.
I always thought Mane was better because Salah’s game can be downright awful sometimes but Salah even with his flaws seems to be more dependable
Salah
Mane's form has totally dropped of a cliff. Salah is rubbish to watch but simply has that knack of scoring, even when the rest of his play is frankly ordinary.
On this season, you have to say Salah is comfortably better, but I'd probably have said differently last year.
On this season, you have to say Salah is comfortably better, but I'd probably have said differently last year.
I'll make it easy for everyone - they're both equally crap at the moment. 
Salah has outscored and out-assisted Mane in every single season, including the season when Salah was "not having a good season" and Mane was "having the season of his life". I haven't accounted for the importance of the goals they scored as that'd take an eternity, but suffice to say that Salah just gets the job done, creative-wise and scoring-wise season after season.
20/21 PL
Salah - 17 goals, 3 assists
Mane - 7 goals, 3 assists
20/21 CL
Salah - 4 goals, 1 assist
Mane - 2 goals, 1 assist
19/20 (Mane's hot season) PL
Salah - 19 goals, 10 assists
Mane - 18 goals, 7 assists
19/20 CL
Salah - 4 goals, 2 assists
Mane - 2 goals, 1 assist
18/19 PL
Salah - 22 goals, 8 assists
Mane - 22 goals, 1 assist
CL 18/19 (CL winners')
Salah - 5 goals, 2 assists
Mane - 4 goals, 1 assist
17/18 isn't even close.
20/21 PL
Salah - 17 goals, 3 assists
Mane - 7 goals, 3 assists
20/21 CL
Salah - 4 goals, 1 assist
Mane - 2 goals, 1 assist
19/20 (Mane's hot season) PL
Salah - 19 goals, 10 assists
Mane - 18 goals, 7 assists
19/20 CL
Salah - 4 goals, 2 assists
Mane - 2 goals, 1 assist
18/19 PL
Salah - 22 goals, 8 assists
Mane - 22 goals, 1 assist
CL 18/19 (CL winners')
Salah - 5 goals, 2 assists
Mane - 4 goals, 1 assist
17/18 isn't even close.
Perhaps, but he's the PL's top scorer......so........I'll make it easy for everyone - they're both equally crap at the moment.
Haha.. who is crapper?I'll make it easy for everyone - they're both equally crap at the moment.
Is this even a debate anymore?
Enjoying Salah's tears.
It has never been IMO, Salah has always been better.
We have to be fair and also for the sake of completeness:
Salah is Liverpool's designated penalty taker so in 18/19 PL season when both Mane and Salah finished with 22 goals, 3 of Salah's goals were penalties.
Again in the 19/20 season, Salah had 3 penalties added to his tally.
From open play, Mane outscored Salah in both of those PL seasons.
In the CL in 18/19, Salah had 2 penalties added to his tally, meaning Mane outscored Salah in the CL from open play in that season.
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Definitely Mane.
I think Liverpool will sell either Mané or Salah this summer, probably Mané.
They both benefit from having a super coach.
Love mane to bits, but it’s definitely salah and I’m not sure it’s even that close these days. Both are fantastic players though.
This is fair but salah is a far better playmaker in addition to the scoring and has kept it going, whereas mane has clearly dropped off a level. Still a great winger but it’s salah.
It's Salah and it's by some distance these days.
It's definitely Salah. Back around 18/19 it was more of a debate but not now.
Salah, not even a debate anymore.
Salah
Is this even a debate anymore?
I don’t think Salah is ever going to pass to Mane again
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Offcourse it isn't, Salah has always been the better player.
Mané wouldn't do better if he played for this same Egyptian team, Senegal has a much better team than Egypt.
Maybe Mane dropping a level could be due to how much more work he does in the defensive phase than Salah. It can be pretty hard to maintain such a high octane style of play over a prolonged period of time.
Might be the opposite to be honest. Egypt are an awfully uncreative team and they lack someone in the middle third that can drag them up the pitch and link play. Mane is much more this type of player than Salah who mainly wants to be on the end of chances, which isn't going to happen without good teammates. I think Mane in this Egypt team could elevate his teammates to a higher level than Salah does, but Salah in Senegal's team with the chances created would probably do better than Mane. If that makes sense.
I completely agree with this. But i don't agree that Mané is a more creative player and will elevate this Egyptian team higher.
From what I've seen, Mané is very timide and doesn't impose himself when he's the main man.
Timid is the last word id use to describe mane at his peak ability. However, salah is just far more creative as well as being a better goal score. They’re both excellent players and at manes peak it was far closer, but I’d say salah has proven himself to be the better over a number of years. That’s still no slight on Mane.
I don't know how often you've watched him with Senegal where he's supposed to be the main man, that's really the word that describes him often.
For Liverpool (where he isn't the main man), it's a different case.
I think he's someone who performs much better when he isn't looked at as the number one option by far on the team.
Mane is a good player but I honestly don't think Liverpool would have won the league and CL if they didn't sign Salah. He has been the big difference maker to their attack since Klopp arrived. I never thought he had it in him to become that good and crucial for them but he has become world class under Klopp. Insane how many goals he scored for Liverpool.
Salah is for sure more creative in terms of delivering a final ball, but that doesn't really amount to anything for Egypt as they are in more need for someone to improve their general play first and foremost (in an attacking sense). Mane's style of play lends more to improving this than Salah's. Dropping deep to pick up the ball, driving into areas and opening up space for teammates. Creativity that will free up teammates and create patterns of play. With Salah, everyone is isolated on the pitch, whether he has the ball or not.
Can't believe the worse best player in the world missed that penalty
Surprised this was ever a debate to be honest. Mane won't be remembered in 10 years outside of Liverpool fans as far as PL is concerned Salah is probably in the all time great PL strikers/attackers debate at this stage.