Unstoppable: Salah breaks two records and goes top of goals and assists charts !
Mohamed Salah stars in 6-3 win at Spurs and becomes first player ever to reach double figures for goals and assists before Christmas
Mohamed Salah has overtaken Erling Haaland in the race for this season’s Premier League Golden Boot award after an incredible performance in Liverpool’s 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur, breaking two records in the process.
Mo Salah scored his 14th and 15th goals of the Premier League campaign, putting him two clear of Manchester City striker Haaland, who has scored only three times in his last 12 appearances. Salah has scored 12 goals in his last 12 matches.
If Salah finishes as this season’s top scorer then he will equal Thierry Henry’s record of four Golden Boot awards. Apart from Henry, only Harry Kane and Alan Shearer can match Salah’s three Golden Boots.
Fourth-highest Liverpool goalscorer
Salah has also now moved up to fourth place in Liverpool’s all-time goalscorers’ chart. His 229 goals put him one ahead of former Scottish forward Billy Liddell, who scored 228 times for Liverpool in 534 appearances in the mid-1900s. Salah can now set his sights on Gordon Hodgson, who scored 241 goals for the club between 1925 and 1936. Salah has some way to go to beat Ian Rush and become Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer, something that looks unlikely given Salah’s 32 years of age and the fact he is out of contract next summer
Liverpool all-time leading scorers:
| Player | Years active | Apps | Goals |
| Ian Rush | 1980-87; 1988-96 | 660 | 346 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Hunt | 1958-1969 | 492 | 285 |
| Gordon Hodgson | 1925-1936 | 377 | 241 |
| Mohamed Salah | 2017-present | 373 | 229 |
| Billy Liddell | 1938-1961 | 534 | 228 |
| Steven Gerrard | 1998-2015 | 710 | 186 |
| Robbie Fowler | 1993-2001; 2006-07 | 369 | 183 |
Double figures before Christmas :
Having also assisted goals for Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz on Sunday, Salah moved onto 11 assists for the season, one above Bukayo Saka, who suffered a hamstring injury for Arsenal on Saturday.
It means Salah is in pole position to win the Golden Boot AND Playmaker awards, a feat he achieved in 2021/22. Salah is the first player in Premier League history to reach double figures for goals AND assists before Christmas, while he is also the first player since the competition began in 1992 to produce 10+ goals AND 10+ assists in four consecutive seasons.
Most goals and assists 2024/25 PL :
| Goals | Total | Assists | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salah (LIV) | 15 | Salah (LIV) | 11 |
| Haaland (MCI) | 13 | Saka (ARS) | 10 |
| Palmer (CHE) | 11 | Amad (MUN), Palmer (CHE), Robinson (FUL), Son (TOT) | 6 |
Closing in on Henry :
Salah now has 172 Premier League goals in his career, just three shy of Arsenal legend Henry. At his rate of scoring, he could overtake Henry, Frank Lampard, Sergio Aguero and Andrew Cole to become the fourth-highest scorer in Premier League history before the end of the season.
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