Mohamed Salah acknowledged the experience of winning his second Premier League title with Liverpool was “100%” better than the first, after their 5-1 routing from Tottenham.
Salah was one of the eight Liverpool players in the current team that lifted the Kroon in 2019-20 -20, a victory celebrated under the shadow of the Coronavirus Pandemie.
But with fans who are present at Anfield on Sunday, the Arne Slot team knew that a point was all they needed to seal a 20th top-flight title, so that they would go to the Manchester United Rivals for the joint problems for each side.
While the 12th minute Header of Dominic Solanke threatened to spoil the party, Liverpool quickly got their parties back on the right track with three goals in the first half to numb spurs.
Luis Diaz recovered parity on Merseyside four minutes after the side of Ange Postecoglou took the lead before Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo came to the action.
And as often as he did this season, Salah had to have his say. The Egyptian cut in from the right, before the ball past Guglielmo Vicario was erased.
A Destiny Udogie-Eige goal completed with a perfect day for Liverpool, with Salah's 28th Premier League goal of the season and placed him in the history books.
Salah was indeed the best -scoring foreign player of the Premier League after he had surpassed Sergio Aguero from Manchester City with his 185th goal in the competition.
The 32-year-old, who signed a new two-year contract with the club earlier this month, has now won nine major awards with Liverpool, but said that his last trophy was undoubtedly his most special.
“It is incredible to win this with our fans,” Salah told Sky Sports. “This is 100% better than last time [in 2020]Especially with the fans. We now have another group, so to show that we can do it again, is something special.
“Looking at the Arsenal-Crystal Palace game, I didn't want to win it then. I wanted an experience we had never had before.”
Salah is now also fifth on the Premier League score list, behind Andrew Cole (187), Wayne Rooney (208), Harry Kane (213) and Alan Shearer (260).
He ended a scoreless run of four games to bring his general target involvement to 46 (28 goals, 18 assists), a shy of the record of one season, held together by Cole (for Newcastle United in 1993-94) and Alan Shearer (for Blackburn Rovers in 1994-95).
Salah has put this improved attacking return to a role of role under lock.
“Now I don't have to defend much. The tactics are very different,” he explained. “I said:” As long as you rest me defensively, I will offer offensive, “so I'm glad I did that. He has listened a lot and you can see the numbers.
“If you play in the Premier League, you have to defend, but I said I can gamble, and somehow I can make a difference. My number of assists shows that; you can also create opportunities.”