Mohamed Salah has captured the hearts of Liverpool fans since his arrival at Anfield last summer and for young Lola Hastie, he’s an inspiration.
The seven-year-old from Weymouth, Dorset was filmed slotting a penalty against her sister Cherry, five, before copying the Muslim star’s celebration – a prayer with his head on the ground.
Even my daughter loves the Egyptian king @MoSalah @LFC 🇪🇬🤴 pic.twitter.com/98HIYSdc9T
— Tommy Hastie™ (@thastie17) May 20, 2018
Lola’s dad Tommy, 33, is a Liverpool fan and she has just started to show signs of following suit.
“She first heard of him when I was singing the Salah song,” he told the Press Association. “I was having a kick around with her and when I scored I did the celebration for a joke so she copied me.
“Since then she keeps singing the song and asks who he is.”
Salah once told CNN’s Inside The Middle East of the celebration: “(It’s) something like praying or like thank the God for what I have received, but yeah, it’s just praying and praying for a win.
“(I’ve) always done that since I was young, everywhere.”
The video of Lola imitating the Egyptian superstar, 25, has been shared hundreds of times online, and has been met with a warm reception.
This is lovely! 🤣👌🏽
— Shwet 🔴🤙🏽 (@BossThaKlopp) May 22, 2018
God bless her
— مُحَمد عُمَر (@MohamedOmare) May 23, 2018
and we Egyptians love her back Tommy
— ابواب الصمت (@yragab3) May 23, 2018
“I only really put it on here to try and get a ‘like’ from the man himself,” added Tommy. “But it didn’t work.”
Salah and the Reds face Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League on Saturday evening in Kiev, Ukraine.
