Salah becomes Liverpool's record Premier League goalscorer

Mohamed Salah becomes Liverpool’s record Premier League goalscorer with brace in 7-0 mauling of Man United… and forward sets another Reds record by taking his tally to 10 league goals against Red Devils

  • Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer with double on Sunday 
  • He also set a new record by taking his tally to 10 goals for the Reds in the fixture 
  • Liverpool 7-0 Man United: Ten Hag’s side are ripped to SHREDS in record defeat

Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer as they put the boot into Manchester United’s chances of joining the title race with a humiliating and historic 7-0 mauling at Anfield.

The future of the Reds’ forward line paved the way as Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo scored twice to demolish their arch-rivals with a result which was the largest victory in the fixture’s 211-match history.

Three of their goals came in a seven-minute spell either side of half-time which left the visitors, who have not won on this ground since Jurgen Klopp’s first encounter with them in January 2016, reeling.

The soon-to-be the last man standing of Liverpool’s famed front three Salah then provided a timely reminder of the standards that pair have to meet with two goals of his own – either side of a Nunez header – to go past Robbie Fowler as the club’s record Premier League scorer with his 128th and 129th goals.

Salah also set a new record by taking his tally to 10 goals for the Reds in the fixture – beating the previous best of eight held by Steven Gerrard. 

Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer with brace against United

Salah scored twice in the second-half to go past Robbie Fowler’s record of 128 goals

Substitute Roberto Firmino, who on Friday told the club he would not be seeking a contract extension and would end his eight-year stay in the summer, applied the finishing touches with the seventh.

Salah admitted the record had been in his mind for some time.

Salah told Sky Sports: ‘It’s very special, I can’t lie. This record was in my mind since I came here. After my first season, I was always chasing that record, so to get it today against United with that result is unbelievable.

‘I am going home to celebrate with the family and have camomile tea and a sleep.’

Salah added: ‘It’s very special to win a game like that with that result. We’ll go into the next games with a lot of confidence, but we need to stay humble and just play and win the games because we are not in the position where we wanted to be.

‘But hopefully this will give us a good push and make us keep winning.”


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