One other week, one other Mohamed Salah present.
The Liverpool ahead scored one other two targets in within the Premier League to overhaul Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland within the race for the Golden Boot.
On prime of his 15 targets this marketing campaign, Salah additionally tops the charts for assists, with two on Sunday for the league leaders taking him to 11.
The Egypt star is now heading in the right direction to repeat his 2022 feat of profitable each the Golden Boot and Playmaker awards.
Whereas Salah’s Anfield future stays an enormous topic for debate – his contract expires this summer season – he continues to interrupt information.
However the place does the 32-year-old rank in the case of all-time Premier League nice forwards?
Former Newcastle, Man Metropolis and Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given advised BBC Match of the Day: “He is unbelievable. He is a particular, proficient participant.
“The massive information round him is that if he’s going to remain or go. I do not suppose they will afford to let him go.”
A record-breaking weekend
It has been an unimaginable begin to the season for Salah, who has scored 12 targets up to now 12 matches.
With 33 purpose involvements in all competitions this season (18 targets, 15 assists), he has no less than 4 greater than another participant from Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
His heroics at Tottenham gave him three Premier League information.
He grew to become the primary participant to succeed in double figures for targets and assists earlier than Christmas
He’s the primary participant to succeed in double figures for targets and assists in 4 consecutive seasons
It is a report sixth season Salah has achieved the feat, overtaking Wayne Rooney’s 5
Salah will now be fancied to equal no less than yet one more report this season, along with his eyes on ending Premier League prime scorer for a fourth time – one thing solely Arsenal’s Thierry Henry has completed.
Salah has scored 18 league targets in every of his seven seasons at Liverpool.
5 extra targets this season and he’ll change into solely the fifth participant to have 5 20-goal Premier League seasons.
Salah’s prolific type is in full distinction to final season’s Golden Boot winner, Haaland.
The Norwegian scored 27 targets final season and 36 the marketing campaign earlier than to change into the primary participant since Tottenham’s Harry Kane to win the award outright in back-to-back seasons.
Haaland regarded heading in the right direction to do it once more this marketing campaign when he scored 10 targets in his first 5 video games, however a run of three in his previous 12 has allowed Salah to leap above him.
The place does Salah rank amongst all-time greats?
The place do all these numbers go away Salah after we discuss a few of the Premier League’s nice forwards?
Salah can already be considered a Liverpool legend, having gained each main trophy with the membership.
He’s fourth on their listing of all-time scorers with 229 targets in 373 appearances, solely 12 behind third-placed Gordon Hodgson.
Roger Hunt (285) and Ian Rush (346) are a way aheah and, at his present goals-per-game common, Salah would want one other 190 appearances to interrupt that report. Unlikely.
When it comes to Premier League greats, Salah is already proper up there with 172 targets, the eighth prime scorer.
The truth is, his 229 targets in all competitions for Liverpool have come 4 video games faster than Thierry Henry’s 228 for Arsenal.
Salah is barely 15 targets behind fourth prime scorer Andrew Cole – not an unimaginable goal by the top of this marketing campaign.
What about assists? Salah pulled degree with David Beckham’s 80 in tenth place on Sunday. He’s solely 34 assists behind second-placed Kevin de Bruyne.
The Premier League’s main assist-maker, Ryan Giggs, is manner forward on 162 however performed 353 extra video games than Salah at the moment has.
Whenever you put the targets and assists collectively, Salah ranks even increased.
His 252 purpose involvements in 279 Premier League appearances is seventh within the all-time listing and his price of a purpose involvement each 1.1 video games is best than each participant forward of him.
At his present price, Salah would catch Alan Shearer’s report of 324 purpose involvements in 65 extra appearances.
Signal a brand new contract and it is not unimaginable, certainly?
