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Salah surpasses Gerrard's scoring record at Liverpool

Published:2023-08-20 By Hồng Duy(MetaSports) Comments
Egyptian striker Mo Salah rose to the top 5 scorers for Liverpool when the team won against Bournemouth 3-1 despite a lack of people in the second round of the Premier League on the evening of August 19.

35 minutes into the match at Anfield, Dominik Szoboszlai was fouled in the penalty area of ​​the away team. Salah stepped up to take responsibility for the penalty kick. After the first shot failed to beat goalkeeper Neto, the Egyptian striker promptly hit the back stone and hit Bournemouth.

This is Salah's 187th goal for Liverpool, helping him to surpass Gerrard - the legend who played from 1998 to 2015 - to fifth on the list of all-time top scorers in the club's history. The top four positions belong to Ian Rush (346 goals), Roger Hunt (285), Gordon Hodgson (241) and Billy Liddell (228). Compared to Gerrard - who played as a central midfielder and then as an attacking midfielder for 17 seasons, needed 710 games to reach 186 goals, Salah - playing striker - achieved more impressive performance when he only needed 306 games since joining the summer team. 2017.

With the goal to make it 2-1, Salah is also the first Liverpool player in history to either score or assist in 10 consecutive Premier League matches at Anfield. In terms of the league, he is the first person to achieve such a long goal or assist streak since Jamie Vardy in December 2015.

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