Mohamed Salah is not any stranger to the Liverpool document books and he’s preserving some illustrious firm having reached his newest milestone.
The Egyptian recorded two assists because the Reds fought again from a aim behind to beat Wolves 3-1 and prolong his facet’s profitable run to 4 consecutive video games.
He was unlucky to not be credited with supplying all three after a Harvey Elliott shot deflected off Hugo Bueno and was deemed an personal aim following a Salah cross.
These two assists have taken the 31-year-old as much as 200 Premier League aim involvements for Liverpool, with solely Steven Gerrard having beforehand reached that tally for the membership.
As per Opta, Salah has reached a double century of aim involvements within the league since arriving at Anfield, with solely Thierry Henry having acquired to that determine in fewer appearances.
He has additionally develop into simply the fourth participant to have laid on a aim for one among his teammates in 5 consecutive Premier League matches, and the primary since 2015.
Whereas extra generally recognized for his goalscoring, Salah follows within the footsteps of Muzzy Izzet, Cesc Fabregas and Gerard Deulofeu in turning supplier for 5 video games in a row.
In doing so, he additionally turned the primary Reds participant to document a aim or help within the first 5 Premier League fixtures of a season since John Barnes in 1990/91.
The data don’t cease there, although, with the ahead now having overtaken Riyad Mahrez in changing into the African participant with the best variety of assists within the Premier League period.
Salah will little question go down as one of many best goalscorers Anfield has ever seen, however he has quietly racked up a formidable variety of assists to go alongside it.
Nonetheless solely 31, there’s loads of time for the Egyptian to proceed to set data earlier than his time at Anfield is up.
Having now climbed above Gerrard into fifth on the membership’s all-time scorers checklist with 188 objectives and counting, he’ll little question have one eye on these above him.
Billy Liddell is the following identify in his sights on 228, with Gordon Hodgson in third spot on 241.
Ian Rush’s tally of 346 objectives stays out of attain, however Salah could have each intention of making extra historical past in a Liverpool shirt earlier than his race is run.
