“Of course I think about it,” Mohamed Salah once said when asked about breaking records, “of course I love it.”
“But I set it for myself to make me work harder. As long as there's a goal you're working towards, it gives you the push to work better.”
Each one Liverpool The match looks set to introduce a new statistical post for Salah to surpass. A large number of records with varying levels of obscurity crashed during a riot 5-0 defeat West Ham United on sunday.
Salah took his personal goal tally to 20 for the eighth consecutive season, a feat no other player in Liverpool's history has ever achieved. However, there were a pair of assists, getting Cody Gakpo in the first half before laying on Diogo Jota. game sealing hitwhich stood out.
|
Premier League statistics |
Mohamed Salah |
David Beckham |
|---|---|---|
|
Games |
281 |
265 |
|
goals |
174 |
62 |
|
assists |
82 |
80 |
|
headlines |
1 |
6 |
The relentlessly prolific striker has now amassed 82 assists in the Premier League, taking him past the mark recorded by Manchester United legend David Beckham. The English icon made 265 top-flight appearances for the Red Devils (16 less than Salah) but can't come close to the Egyptian's absurd goals.
By surpassing Beckham on the assists list, Salah has joined a very small club of the most elite two-way forwards in the world. Premier League history. The former Chelsea striker – once derided as a failure after a failed spell in west London – is one of only three players to feature in the Premier League's top ten goalscorers. AND help all time providers.
Chelsea Maestro Frank Lampard (177 goals, 102 assists) and Wayne Rooney (208 goals, 103 assists), another United hero, share this high regard with Liverpool's talisman.
Salah may have turned 32 on the eve of the new season, but he has hardly enjoyed a career-best season. Already boasting double figures for goals and assists – becoming the first player in Premier League history to achieve such a feat before Christmas – even SalahHis errant touches are working for him.
The prolific Reds winger slipped the ball between the legs of two West Ham centre-backs before teeing up Gakpo for Liverpool's second of the evening. While the push on his Dutch team-mate was deliberate, Salah later admitted his first touch “was lucky”.
Fortune seems to have favored Salah on countless occasions during his Liverpool career, which brings to mind a quote by Thomas Muller: “To be lucky all the time is a sign of quality.”
|
Player |
Goals (all-time ranking) |
Assists (all-time ranking) |
|---|---|---|
|
Mohamed Salah |
174 (8) |
82 (10) |
|
Frank Lampard |
177 (6) |
102 (5) |
|
Wayne Rooney |
208 (3) |
103 (4) |