Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, the star of the English Liverpool team, is very close to breaking into the list of the top 10 scorers in the history of the Premier League since its inception under its current name.
Mohamed Salah started the current season better than the last, scoring 9 goals so far, placing him in second place in the English Golden Shoe race, behind Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Manchester City star, by only two goals.
Salah needs to continue working over the past few weeks with the same performance to ensure he enters a historic list in the English Premier League that has not been preceded by any Arab or African player.
Nor was any other player from outside Europe able to break into it, except for Argentine Sergio Aguero, Manchester City’s all-time top scorer.
The most expensive trilogy
Mohamed Salah needs to score a “hat-trick” in next Sunday’s match against Brentford to reach 150 goals in the English Premier League, and be announced on the list of the ten greats.
Salah currently ranks 12th on the list of top scorers in Premier League history with 147 goals, preceded by Englishman Liz Ferdinand with 149 goals in 11th place, and Liverpool legend Michael Owen in 10th place with 150 goals.
Go beyond the myths
On his journey towards the top 10 scorers in the history of the Premier League, Salah surpassed many legends who passed through the competition, led by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the former Manchester United star, and the current Saudi Al-Nasr player.
Ronaldo played 236 matches in the English Premier League, during which he scored 103 goals, before he left for Real Madrid to become one of the most prominent legends of the Spanish League, leaving the opportunity to join him in the Premier League.
Salah also succeeded in surpassing many Premier League legends, such as Teddy Scheringaham (146 goals), Robin van Persie (144 goals), Nicolas Anelka (125 goals), Stefan Gerrard (120 goals), Didier Drogba (104 goals), and other players.
Salah continues to snip numbers despite the decline
aAmazing numbers
The Liverpool star has great numbers in his busy career in the English Premier League, since his move to Anfield in the 2017-2018 season from the Italian club AS Roma.
Salah played 242 matches with Liverpool, during which he scored 147 goals in the Premier League, achieving 158 victories in the red jersey, in addition to assisting 33 goals for his teammates, becoming one of the most prominent playmakers in the history of the competition.
Salah scored 118 goals with his left foot, making him more than he scored with his left foot in the Premier League. He also scored 22 goals with his right (weak foot) and 7 goals with his head. Among his goals, there were 23 successful penalty kicks that he converted into the net.
Salah shot the ball at the opponents’ goal 861 times, including 371 shots into the goal between the goalposts and the crossbar that were cleared by the goalkeepers, and 20 balls that hit the metal frame of the goal to prevent him from scoring.
The statistic of missing major opportunities indicates that Mohamed Salah reached the opponents’ goal extensively, as Salah could have scored 117 additional goals, but he wasted those major opportunities, according to what was stated on the official website of the English Premier League.
2023-11-07 18:12:31
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