The Egyptian forward has been thriving with extraordinary consistency with 123 goals in 198 appearances for the Reds thus far, and on Saturday he became the first Liverpool player to score 20 or more goals in a Premier League season three times.
Mohamed Salah has established himself as one of Liverpool’s greatest in just four seasons with the Merseyside club. From Ian Rush to Luis Suarez with Robbie Fowler and Fernando Torres along the way, Anfield has witnessed the best strikers in their prime down the years, yet neither of them can match the outstanding heights of success Salah has enjoyed since his transfer from Roma in the summer of 2017. His second stint in the Premier League was phenomenal with 32 goals in his debut season under Jurgen Klopp, which was enough to earn him a Golden Boot.
Since then, Salah has been persistently performing to the highest calibre and guided his team to a Premier League, Champions League, European Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup title in three and a half years.
And once again in an injury-conflicted Liverpool team this season, he has been the spearhead of his team’s attacking threats. 20 goals in 32 league appearances and he is just one behind Spurs forward Harry Kane on the Premier League top scorer list.
Although Jurgen Klopp and his men could only manage a 1-1 draw with the Magpies in their weekend league fixture, Salah only took three minutes to create history with his club. The ball travelled towards him as he waited by the far end of the post. An audacious quick one-touch turn was garnished with a fierce shot to the bottom corner. But the match had other reasons to be important, as Joe Willock’s equaliser in the 95th minute crushed Liverpool’s hopes of three vital points in their race for a Champions League spot.
