Salah scored again as Liverpool beat Leicester to stay seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.
Mohamed Salah continued his rich form for Liverpool on Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26), scoring the third goal in a 3-1 win for Arne Slot's team against Leicester City at Anfield. And the 82nd minute strike allowed the Egyptian to reach a milestone that only three players had previously achieved in the current version of England's top division.
Salah's Premier League record for Liverpool
Since moving from Roma to Liverpool in the summer of 2017, Salah has now scored or assisted 250 goals for the Reds in the Premier League. To break that down further, that's 171 goals and 79 assists.
As highlighted by BBC Sport, only Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Harry Kane have registered 250 or more goals for one club since the Premier League was founded in 1992.
Rooney, Giggs and Kane reach the milestone of one club
Rooney scored 276 goals (183 goals, 93 assists) for Manchester United between 2004 and 2017. The former England star leads the way, although Salah could well surpass that milestone provided he extends his contract on Merseyside.
Giggs, Rooney's former United teammate, is next with 271 goals (109 goals, 162 assists), which he amassed between the start of the first Premier League in August 1992 and May 2014. The Welshman has already played a full season for the Red Devils in the English First Division before the creation of the Premier League.
Before joining Bayern Munich in the summer of 2023, Kane achieved this feat at Tottenham Hotspur. The current England captain scored 259 goals (213 goals, 46 assists) after making his debut in the competition in August 2012.
The surprising club for which Salah scored his first Premier League goal
Salah has become so synonymous with Liverpool that it is easy to forget that Chelsea was his first Premier League club and for whom he scored his first goal in the English top flight.
After signing for the Blues from Swiss team Basel in January 2013, Salah scored for the first time in England in a 6–0 thrashing of Arsenal in March that year, and also found the net for the second time in a victory over Stoke City. of weeks later.
However, he was soon dismissed by then Chelsea manager José Mourinho and spent two and a half years in Italy before moving to Liverpool.
Salah's incredible form for Liverpool in 2024/25
Salah's 16 goals and 11 assists in 17 appearances this season have put Liverpool firmly in the driving seat to win the Premier League for the first time since 2019/20. As it stands, Slot's side have a seven-point lead over second-placed Chelsea with a game in hand.
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