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Mohamed Salah, a winger for Liverpool, added to the Premier League legend with his penalty kick during the Reds’ thrilling 2-2 tie with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Unsurprisingly, Salah kept his place in the starting lineup for the trip to Old Trafford after a dismal evening at home against Sheffield United, where he was unable to record a goal or an assist and was visibly irritated to be leaving the field before the hour.
The Reds’ chase for first place began brightly, but now they need to win to overtake Arsenal at the top of the Premier League standings.
This is because of the Gunners’ 3-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday and their superior goal difference.
Although Liverpool should have been limping into the tunnel with a bigger lead after 15 shots on goal in the opening forty-five minutes, Luis Diaz’s goal gave Jurgen Klopp’s team a well-earned 1-0 lead at the half.
Bruno Fernandes took advantage of Jarell Quansah’s error to score an incredible long-range goal, and Kobbie Mainoo produced a fantastic effort to turn the game around, making the Reds pay for their first-half wastefulness.
But Erik ten Hag’s team was unable to hold onto their unexpected lead, as Salah coolly sent Andre Onana the wrong way from the spot after Aaron Wan-Bissaka had taken out Harvey Elliott in the last ten minutes of normal time.
By achieving this, the 31-year-old penned two more chapters in history. First, he scored six goals at Old Trafford to become the Premier League’s highest-scoring visiting player.
With five goals at the Theatre of Dreams, former Liverpool star Steven Gerrard held the previous record. However, Salah’s cleanly converted penalty also dethroned another legendary figure in English football.
Salah has scored five goals at Anfield in the Premier League against Manchester United in addition to his six goals at Old Trafford, bringing his total against Liverpool’s fierce rivals to eleven in the top division.
With ten goals against the Red Devils, Alan Shearer became the most prolific goalscorer in the history of the competition, but the former Chelsea player is currently the clear leader in the Premier League against them.
In addition to becoming the first visiting player to score in four successive Premier League away games against Man United, Salah’s performance on Sunday marked his third and final Premier League history.
Four months after the Reds’ 34-goal blank in December at Anfield, they had an incredible 28 attempts at goal in Sunday’s four-goal draw, including Salah’s spot shot in the 84th minute.
Liverpool has also established a new team record for the most attempts against a single side in a Premier League season since data became available in 2003–04, having attempted an incredible 62 shots between the two games.
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Despite their best efforts, Liverpool has only managed to secure two of the six points that they could have had against Man United.
As a result, they are currently ranked second in the table, one point ahead of Manchester City and behind Arsenal on goal differential.
After the exciting match on Sunday, Klopp made a daring guess regarding Arsenal’s upcoming trip to Old Trafford the following month as he prepared his team to play Atalanta BC in the first leg of their Europa League quarter final on Thursday.
