Mohamed Salah makes Super Bowl 59 prediction as Liverpool stars show true colours towards Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans tonight. The Chiefs are seeking an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title, and to secure it, they will need to beat the same team they started the run against.
Never before has a team won three Super Bowls in a row. Eight teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls, but none before the Chiefs this year even made it back to the big game the following season.
A huge 120.25 million people watched Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and 49ers, and a similar number is expected to watch tonight’s showdown. And you wouldn’t bet against a number of Liverpool players being among those who tune in.
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As ever with the big sporting events, plenty of people have had their say on who will come out on top - and Liverpool’s players have been no different, with the club releasing a video earlier this week in which a number of Arne Slot’s side were asked to pick either a Chiefs or Eagles shirt as a way of revealing who they think will win.
Mohamed Salah kicked things off, and although he admitted that he expected the Chiefs to win, he selected the Eagles jersey. Both Andy Robertson and Conor Bradley also expect Andy Reid’s side to come out on top.
However, Kostas Tsimikas is hoping for an upset, as he said, "Eagles all the way,” while making his selection. But Luis Diaz and Wataru Endo believe it will be the Chiefs who will reign supreme once again.
The video then heads to Harvey Elliott, who is backing the Eagles, as is Curtis Jones. But fellow midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai threw his backing behind the Chiefs making history.
The predictions round-up then concludes with Federico Chiesa, Ryan Gravenberch and Caoimhin Kelleher all picking the Chiefs. Previewing the game, Chiefs coach Reid said: "We try to focus on the game.
"Try to keep it at that. 'Work hard'. A lot of times when you work hard, it keeps everything focused more so than backing off. Our guys have done that.
"They do it from training camp on, and they've been doing it up to this week. I've got a good locker room on top of that. The senior veterans in there don't let things slide. So a good locker room and great coaches help me with this."
While his opposite number, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, said: "This team's embraced adversity. Even going back to the 2023 season, which we haven't talked a lot about since the beginning of the year, we're grateful for that. We're thankful for that.
"As bad as it sucked at the time, I know I'm grateful for that because it shaped us into who we are now and a big reason why we're back here... Embracing adversity is huge for your development as a person, as a player, as a coach."