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Champions League | Round of 16
Mar 6, 2018 at 7.45pm UK
 
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James Milner: 'Mohamed Salah can provide moments of brilliance'

Liverpool midfielder James Milner backs Mohamed Salah to continue providing "moments of brilliance", having already scored 32 goals in his debut season at the club.

Liverpool midfielder James Milner has heaped praise on Mohamed Salah following the Egyptian winger's free-scoring debut season at the club.

Salah has already broken a host of records on his way to scoring 32 times across all competitions this season, including in each of his last seven outings.

Salah will hope to continue that record on Tuesday night if selected to face Porto in the second leg of their Champions League tie, and Milner is expecting a difficult test despite boasting a 5-0 advantage from the first leg.

"Mo has had a great season so far and long may it continue. Hopefully he can keep banging the goals in. We're lucky to have a good dressing room. In games you need moments of brilliance to unlock a defence. Mo can provide that. We need to keep creating opportunities for him," Milner told reporters at the pre-match press conference.

"I feel good and this is the time of the season where it matters most. We had a good result out there but Porto are a good team. They have won their last four games and scored a lot of goals.

"Over the past few months we've improved our game management. There are times when you might have to play behind the ball and hold an extra midfielder back."

Liverpool are looking to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2008-09.

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