Emile Heskey has told Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah not to get rid of his selfish streak.

Salah was guilty of trying to nick the ball off Diogo Jota's toe when the Portuguese was better placed to shoot in Monday's win over Arsenal.

The 28-year-old copped some criticism after the game, but Heskey thinks he shouldn't change his hunger for goals.

Former Liverpool striker Heskey told Sky Sports of Salah: "I think we all know with Mo, he is always chasing that Golden Boot, he is always wanting to score.

"There are times as an unselfish striker where you're looking at him and saying 'why didn't you pass that ball?' But this is what you get from top goalscorers, from people that are going to score you 20-25 goals a season.

"They have this relentless drive where they want to take every opportunity, they want to score every chance. They want to take goals off you and you don't want to take that relentless streak away from them because that's what makes them.

"That's what has made him into the winger and the goalscorer that he is. I think he has to keep going and doing what he's doing."