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Salah gets immortalised in bizarre new statue back home in Egypt

Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah [Courtesy]

The World Cup might not have gone how he wanted it to, but that doesn't change the fact that Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is a hero back home in Egypt.

The Liverpool star famously scored the penalty that took his nation to their first World Cup in 28 years, but after his Champions League final injury seriously hampered his fitness ahead of the tournament in Russia he was forced to miss his side's first game against Uruguay, a 1-0 defeat.

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