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Mohamed Salah set a record in the Premier League after Liverpool’s comeback victory

Football — 09/18/2023

With major contributions in Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Wolves in round 5 of the NHA, striker Mohamed Salah officially set a new record in the tournament.

In the earliest match in round 5 of the 2023/2024 NHA tournament, Liverpool FC excellently won 3-1 right at the Molineux stadium of rival Wolves. Despite letting the opponent take the lead with Hwang Hee-chan’s goal, the Red Brigade played impressively in the second half to come back to win 3-1.

And in this victory of coach Jürgen Klopp and his team, it can be said that the first goal belongs to the Egyptian striker, Mohamed Salah. Although he did not directly score in this match, Salah still left his mark on The Kop’s goals.

He was the author of two clearing passes that helped his teammates score in the last match. Liverpool’s 3-1 goal was counted as an own goal by a Wolves player. Before that, Salah passed the ball to Elliott to shoot the ball into the opponent’s net.

Anyway, with 2 assists in this match, that was enough to help Salah officially break the record for the African player with the most assists in the Premier League. According to Opta statistics, Salah has 63 assists, surpassing the old record held by Riyad Mahrez. Previously, Mahrez held the record in England’s number-one tournament with 61 assists in Leicester and Man City.

In addition to the record in the NHA tournament, Salah has also now become the first Liverpool player in Premier League history to assist goals in 5 consecutive away matches, and is also the 4th Premier League player to have assists in 5 consecutive away matches. assists in 5 consecutive games.

Besides, he also contributed to 200 goals in the Premier League for Liverpool (139 goals, 62 assists). The Egyptian star reached this milestone in 223 matches, only less than Thierry Henry (206 matches – Arsenal).

Assessing his teammate’s talent, Liverpool defender Andy Robertson said after the match: “It probably wouldn’t be fair to Salah if he was only honored if he scored a goal in this match.”

The comeback against Wolves, is expected to help Salah and Liverpool gain more confidence in their next trip to opponent LASK (Austria) in the opening match of this season’s UEFA Europa League arena.