[Sports] Mohamed Salah continues to write his legend to become the best scorer for Liverpool in the English Premier League

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Egyptian star Mohamed Salah became the best scorer for Liverpool in the Premier League, after he scored a brace against Manchester United on Sunday, during the historic 7-0 win. Salah raised his score to 129 in 205 matches, breaking the previous record of Robbie Fowler, who scored 127 goals for Liverpool in the English Premier League. He also became the first player in Liverpool's history to score in six consecutive matches against Manchester United.

Following his brace against arch-rivals Manchester United during Sunday's historic 7-0 victory, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah continued writing his legend in golden letters after becoming Liverpool's top scorer in the Premier League.

With this double, Salah surpassed previous record holder Robbie Fowler, who scored 127 goals for Liverpool in the English Premier League, as the “Pharaoh” raised his tally to 129 in 205 matches. Salah also became the first player in Liverpool's history to score in six consecutive matches against Manchester United.

Commenting on his achievement, Salah said, “I do not know what to say, I am not able to describe what I feel, but it is one of the most beautiful days of my life. It is a number that I have set in mind since my arrival, and I always hope to break numbers, but the most important thing is to win titles with the team,” describing his last goal against Manchester as his favorite in the ranks of Liverpool.

The 30-year-old added, "I will celebrate with the family at home, drink chamomile tea and sleep."

After the match, former Scottish Liverpool legend Graeme Sons, one of the commentators for the “Sky Sports” network, praised the Egyptian star, saying, “He was wonderful for Liverpool FC. He's the most avid striker I've seen, but all the great strikers are like him. It is world class.”

Great scorer

The former defense pole and Sons' colleague in the English network Jamie Carragher was similar, saying, "I do not worry about Salah. He may fast from scoring for a handful of matches, but he is a great scorer. He is one of the greatest scorers in the history of the English Premier League."

And his German coach, Jurgen Klopp, made his remarks, saying, "129 goals, it is fantastic, what an amazing number, he is a distinguished player." He added, "We enjoy his talent now, but in the future people will talk that they saw something really special."

Salah raised his score this season to 20 goals and 10 assists in various competitions, which is the highest percentage in the two categories for a player in the English Premier League for the 2022-2023 season.

Salah also became the most scored player in the ranks of his team against Manchester United, as he raised his score to 10 goals, compared to 8 for former captain Stephen Gerrard.

Overall, Salah scored against 26 different teams in the English Premier League, including 9 goals against Watford and West Ham, and 8 goals against Bournemouth.

It should be noted that Salah scored 178 goals for Liverpool in various competitions since his transfer to him from Rome, Italy, in 2017, and became the seventh best scorer in the history of the ancient northern club behind Robbie Fowler, Stephen Gerrard, Scotsman Billy Liddell, Gordon Hodgson, Roger Hunt, Welshman Ian Rush, and the latter holds the record. With 346 goals.

The new record comes in addition to several records that Al-Masry wrote in his name, including the fastest hat-trick in the history of the European Champions League, specifically against the Scottish Rangers (7-1), where he scored three times in 6 minutes and 12 seconds on October 12th.

In the match against Real Madrid three weeks ago, which his team lost 5-2 at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League final, Salah also became the best African scorer in the European competition, with 44 goals, equal to Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, and at the same time he became the best African scorer in the European competition. Also the all-time top scorer for an English club in this competition.

It is noteworthy that Salah was crowned top scorer in the English Premier League in the 2017-2018 season with 32 goals, and he also shared this title with his Senegalese colleague Sadio Mane and Gabonese Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2019 with 22 goals, and with South Korean Tottenham striker Son Heung-min last season with 23 goals. target.

Source: France 24

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