Mohamed Salah declared Liverpool's latest bid for Premier League glory 'feels different' after maintaining his strong streak in their 3-1 Boxing Day victory over Leicester City.
Liverpool were on course for a damaging Anfield defeat when Jordan Ayew gave Leicester a six-minute lead before Cody Gakpo equalized on the stroke of half-time.
Curtis Jones put the Reds 2-1 up early in the second half, with Salah driving into the area before heading home for his 16th league goal of the season.
It was Salah's 250th goal in the Premier League for Liverpool, on his 250th start for them in the competition.
He is only the fourth player to reach that number for one club, after Wayne Rooney for Manchester United (276), Ryan Giggs for the same team (271) and Harry Kane for Tottenham (259).
Meanwhile, no current Premier League player has been involved in more goals (seven) or provided more assists (four) on Boxing Day than Salah, whose late goal sealed a victory that left Liverpool seven points clear of Chelsea at the top of the table ranking. although Arsenal could cut their lead to six points on Friday when they host Ipswich Town.
The Opta supercomputer now gives Liverpool an 88.1% chance of winning the title for the first time since 2019/20, and Salah acknowledges something special is on the horizon.
“The most important thing is that the team wins. Hopefully we win the Premier League,” Salah told Amazon Prime Video.
“It's great, but we're focusing on every game and hopefully we can keep it up. It feels different, but the most important thing is that we have to remain humble.
“This one is very special. Hopefully we can win the Premier League and for this club this is something I dream about.”
Salah's goal was also his 100th on home soil in the Premier League, with 98 goals coming for Liverpool and the other two for Chelsea.
He is only the eighth player to reach this milestone and has done so in the fourth fewest appearances, after Alan Shearer (91 appearances), Thierry Henry (113) and Sergio Aguero (125).
“It's something I'm very proud of. We'll keep working hard and hopefully I can go one step further,” Salah said when asked about the achievement.
“It's a good result. They were very tough in the first half and in the second half the way they prepared was very good. We were able to score three goals and it's a great result.”
Fellow scorer Jones, meanwhile, said Arne Slot's men will take each match as it comes amid the packed list of festive fixtures.
“We still have a long, long way to go. There are plenty of games to come,” Jones told BBC Sport. “We take every game as it comes and try to win all the games.
“It was a difficult game. They sat back and defended well. Especially for me it was difficult to find space inside. It was more of a patient game, trying not to play into their plan.
“In the first half we were crossing a lot and that's what they want. In the second half we turned the ball over, held more and that's where the goals came.
“We were one goal behind when it was almost half time, but we don't stop, we score. In the second half we start strong and score again. The point for us is that we just want to win every game.”
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