‘One of the Premier League’s best ever’ – Salah makes Liverpool history

Mohamed Salah present has 22 goals successful each competitions for Liverpool this season

Amid the second-half chaos of Liverpool's thrashing of Manchester United, Mohamed Salah made history.

Salah scored his 128th and 129th goals successful 205 appearances successful the league for Liverpool connected Sunday.

With his treble against United, Salah adjacent managed to overtake the antheral known arsenic 'God' successful the minds of Reds fans.

Salah has surpassed Robbie Fowler arsenic Liverpool's starring scorer successful Premier League history. How apt that helium should bash it astatine Anfield - and against United.

He completed a lightning counter-attack by slamming a precocious decorativeness past David de Gea successful the 66th infinitesimal for his archetypal extremity and Liverpool's fourth, to go the archetypal Liverpool subordinate to people successful six consecutive appearances successful each competitions against United.

A scrambled decorativeness connected 83 minutes past secured the scoring record, and his 10th extremity against United successful the Premier League - much than immoderate different player.

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Salah has served arsenic main tormentor of United for immoderate clip - his 10 goals against them instrumentality him past Steven Gerrard who netted 8 successful the Premier League against the Old Trafford side. In doing so, Salah has cemented his lasting arsenic a modern Liverpool legend.

He has scored against 26 antithetic clubs successful the Premier League, netting 9 successful matches against some Watford and West Ham, and 8 successful fixtures with Bournemouth.

But Salah has scored much league goals against Manchester United than immoderate different club. No wonderment fans and nine legends alike emotion him.

"He's been fantastic for this club," erstwhile Liverpool subordinate and manager Graeme Souness said of Salah connected Sky Sports.

"He's the greediest striker I person travel across, but each apical strikers are. A people act.

"The hardest happening is to get a extremity scorer and helium is simply a natural. I americium definite helium is large to enactment with and erstwhile you person players similar that successful your dressing room, you person a large chance."

There person been times this season, with Liverpool underwhelming successful the league and Salah devoid of long-time onslaught spouse Sadio Mane, who departed for Bayern Munich past summer, wherever helium has looked beneath his best.

However, Sunday was a timely reminder of the talents of a subordinate who tin beryllium perceived arsenic having a mediocre Premier League play portion scoring 11 goals truthful acold and assisting 7 more.

"I ne'er interest astir Salah," different erstwhile Liverpool player, Jamie Carragher, told Sky Sports. "Now and again helium goes a fewer games without scoring, but helium is simply a large extremity scorer.

"He comes live successful large games, with that gait and energy. He has been a revelation and 1 of the champion attacking players we person ever seen successful the Premier League."

A burst of league signifier - 4 wins successful 5 games with 13 goals scored and nary conceded - person placed Liverpool backmost successful the Champions League qualification contention with a bang. They present beryllium 3 points down Tottenham successful 4th with a crippled successful hand.

If Liverpool are to instrumentality to elite European competition, manager Jurgen Klopp has nary uncertainty Salah volition beryllium key.

"One 100 and twenty-nine goals - that is insane," Klopp said aft the United thumping. "What an unbelievable number. He is simply a peculiar player.

"We admit him present but successful the aboriginal radical volition look backmost and beryllium wow, we witnessed thing truly special."

Salah told Sky Sports: "It is precise peculiar to triumph a crippled similar that. We request to enactment humble and triumph our games. Hopefully it volition springiness america a large push."

On his extremity record, helium said: "It's precise special. I cannot lie. To get it contiguous against Manchester United is unbelievable."

It was a show to dispel immoderate doubts astir not lone Salah's ability, but besides his committedness to Liverpool, arsenic summed up successful his reply to the question of which of those 129 goals was his favourite.

"The past one."

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