Liverpool's striker Salah has just given himself a historic milestone. Accordingly, he became the first player in the history of the Premier League to score 10 goals in the opening round.
Salah set up this milestone against Bournemouth. The Egyptian striker scored the fourth goal for Liverpool in a dramatic 4-2 victory. This goal continued to extend his impressive record.
Salah was originally the player who scored the most goals in the first round, and now became the first person to reach two numbers. Earlier, only 4 legends have scored 8 goals in the opening round, Jamie Vardy, Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard.
The goal against Bournemouth was also the 187th goal of Salah in the Premier League, helping him balance the achievement with Andy Cole in the fourth position in the list of the greatest strikers in the tournament history.
Since landing Liverpool in 2017, Mohamed Salah had only the 2023/24 season could not open fire in the opening round, when his goal against Chelsea was rejected by Var in a 1-1 draw.
The recent goal also marked the 105th time of the Egyptian star scoring at Anfield in the Premier League, helping him close the most scoring record on a field, currently only Sergio Aguero (106 goals in Etihad) and Thierry Henry (114 goals in Highbury).
After scoring, Salah recreated JOTA's “crocodile” to celebrate, as a deep memory to his teammates. The Egyptian star shed tears at the end of the match when the Kop stands rang out the name Diogo Jota in an emotional evening at Anfield. Liverpool was grateful to the Portuguese player with solemn moments both before and after the match.
In the next round, Liverpool will encounter Newcastle, and Salah will definitely aim for continuing to score.
