Liverpool s attacking trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino is the best in Europe according to former Reds forward Dirk Kuyt, who said his former club deserve a trophy for their achievements this season.
As Jurgen Klopp prepared his players for Saturday s Champions League final against Tottenham in Madrid, Kuyt waxed lyrical about the strength of a Liverpool side that scored just six goals fewer than Premier League champions Manchester City in 2018-19.
Salah, Mane and Firmino scored 56 of Liverpool s 89 league strikes between them and they head into Saturday s final having notched four each in the Champions League across the course of the campaign.
Kuyt told France Football he had seen a marked improvement in the trio s performances, saying: I think Mane, Salah and Firmino were even stronger than last season.
All three were incredible. When Salah did not score, Mane did, and vice versa.
I would say that this offensive trio is the best in Europe right now.
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Kuyt, who scored 71 goals in 285 appearances for Liverpool during a six-year spell at Anfield, said the current side benefits from not having a single focal point in its attack.
The former Netherlands international was the club s top goal-scorer with 12 league goals in his first season on Merseyside in 2006-07, and Liverpool were heavily reliant upon Fernando Torres in the years that followed.
But Kuyt hailed the interplay between Salah, Mane and Firmino, saying: When they play together, they score goals but are not individualistic. They all have the potential to score, and that makes a big difference.
If you have a more selfish attacker, maybe he ll score more goals. But together, they create crazy goals, it s great to see!
They deserve so much a trophy for all that they have achieved.
