Chelsea legend Frank Lampard explains why Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is reminding him of Lionel Messi

Frank Lampard believes Mohamed Salahs style of play is reminiscent of Lionel Messi at his best.

The Liverpool forward scored his 39th goal of an increasingly prolific season to help send Jurgen Klopps side through to the last four of the Champions League at the expense of Manchester City.

Lampard played alongside Salah at Chelsea during the Egyptians underwhelming 18 month spell at Stamford Bridge but returned to the Premier League in the summer, transformed from an erratic winger to a free scoring forward.

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Asked if he thought Salah was capable of producing the sort of form he is in currently, Lampard told BT Sprot: No. But he didnt get that many chances to show that.

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But hes released himself from the wing. At Chelsea he was seen as a winger. He didnt have much impact but there were a lot of players ahead of him, the likes of Eden Hazard who was older than him.

By releasing himself from the wing hes been able to show his brilliant intelligence. Even for the goal.

Sometimes we watch Lionel Messi and hes great at just standing in areas.

Salahs started to do that, just standing in areas and all of a sudden the ball comes to him and he goes.

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