Mohamed Salah's talent is undeniable, and Jurgen Klopp thinks Liverpool can do "something special" this year with the help of the forward.

In the race for a Champions League spot, Liverpool will start Saturday's match at Wolves in tenth place in the Premier League, 10 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.

Salah has not been at his spectacular best for the Reds this season, who are also eliminated from both domestic cups and play Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Salah has scored seven goals in 19 games despite being Liverpool's joint-top scorer in the league this year. In his first five seasons at Anfield, he scored 118 goals in the top league.

This comes after a close-season in which Salah signed a lucrative new Liverpool contract as team-mate Sadio Mane was allowed to leave.

But Klopp came to the defence of his star man ahead of the Wolves game, telling reporters: "That attitude and these kind of things are not Mo's problem.

"Mo's a world-class athlete, so he's the first in, last out, trains hard. Now he's not scoring, but there's people out there that think, 'why did they give Klopp a contract?', so that's how it is in our world.

"It's completely fine. If we don't deliver in the moments, if there's criticism, it's no problem.

"You can question character, knowledge, ability, everything. You have the right to do everything, but you cannot score the amount of goals Mo scored if you are not an outstanding, world-class football player."

He added: "There are moments when Mo of course would have scored last year. You think that had something to do with the new contract or whatever?

"That's just not right. Things are like they are and the only way we can stop all these questions and discussions is by performing to our top, top level and that's what we have to do and what we will work on.

"We are really on it, and we are still straight, positive, we want to play in the games and we believe in our chances to reach something special even this year.

"It's not great to be not leader of the pack, but we are in a position where we can improve a lot the situation in the table and we have to start tomorrow and continue from there."