Mohamed Salah Breaks 22 Year Old Premier League Goalscoring Record With Brighton Strike
By Chris Deeley
Mohamed Salah has broken the Premier League goalscoring record for a 38-game season, hitting his 32nd goal of the campaign in the first half of Liverpool's final day clash with Brighton.
Salah went into the match level with Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez on 31 goals, but set his historic mark with a smart finish on the turn from 12 yards out after a clever pass from Dominic Solanke.
Most goals in a 38-game @PremierLeague season…
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 13, 2018
3️⃣2️⃣ MOHAMED SALAH
3️⃣1️⃣ Luis Suarez
3️⃣1️⃣ Alan Shearer
3️⃣1️⃣ Cristiano Ronaldo
Congratulations, @MoSalah! 👏 pic.twitter.com/oY3DK7Hhxy
To put @MoSalah goalscoring into perspective, he's broken the record previously held by Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez. Also scored more in season than Thierry Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba. Some company that #LFC
— David Maddock (@MaddockMirror) May 13, 2018
The 25-year-old has now hit 44 goals in all competitions with a Champions League final against Real Madrid in Kiev still to come - with no Premier League player passing that mark since the league's rejig in 1992, and only Ruud van Nistelrooy matching it.
Mo Salah becomes the first player to score 32 goals in a 38-game PL season. 44 in all competitions - joint most in the PL era with Ruud van Nistelrooy.
— Richard Jolly 🇺🇦 (@RichJolly) May 13, 2018
Dejan Lovren doubled Liverpool's lead before half time to give the Reds a 2-0 lead and all but guarantee Jurgen Klopp's men a top four finish - especially with Chelsea struggling against Newcastle at St. James' Park.
The Merseysiders paid just £36.9m to AS Roma for the former Chelsea man in the summer after a couple of good seasons in Italy, and it took the Egyptian no time at all to get back into the rhythm of English football.
Four goals and an assist in his first six league games got fans excited, and from there the flying forward's form never really dipped - never going more than three games without a goal and peaking with a stunning four goal performance against Watford in March.