With another weekend approaching, Mohamed Salah can only expect to reach new milestones. There have been numerous suggestions that Liverpool should simply sell him. The Egyptian’s scorching start to the 2023/24 season has made summer talk look very silly. No player has contributed to more goals in England’s top division than Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer, who has five goals and four assists in eight Premier League games. He has also shown that he is the key component of the Reds’ attack, whether as a creator or finisher.
Salah will be especially important to Liverpool’s hopes in the Merseyside derby on Saturday because Darwin Nuez and Luis Diaz returned from international duty in South America later than expected and because Cody Gakpo’s fitness is in question. For Liverpool’s number 11, the records have fallen like dominoes so far this season, and more are expected this weekend. If he scores, Salah will have scored 200 goals in the league in his career (142 of those goals have come for Liverpool). Egyptian King of Liverpool has a history against Everton, scoring five goals in nine appearances in this match. If he scores one more goal, he will tie Robbie Fowler and Divock Origi for second place among all scorers in Liverpool’s Merseyside derby goals during the Premier League era.
To tie Steven Gerrard (nine goals) for first place on the list, he would need a four-goal outburst. Salah will move into joint-sixth place (alongside legends Sir Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard) on the list of Liverpool’s all-time home goal scorers if he scores against Everton, bringing his total for Liverpool goals scored at Anfield to 104. This weekend, record-breaking performances are not limited to Salah.
