Fowler Congratulates Salah for Breaking His Record and Becoming Liverpool’s Premier League Top Scorer

Fowler Congratulates Salah for Breaking His Record and Becoming Liverpool’s Premier League Top Scorer

Elijah Odetokun
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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  • Mohamed Salah scored twice and assisted twice in the 7-0 demolition of Manchester United
  • The Egyptian became Liverpool's all-time Premier League top scorer with his two goals
  • He surpassed Robbie Fowler's record of 128 goals, achieving it in fewer games

Mohamed Salah delivered a 10/10 performance for Liverpool in the 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday, scoring twice and assisting twice in the match.

The Egyptian's goals helped him match and surpass Robbie Fowler's 128 goals record for most goals scored for the Reds in the Premier League, with his 128th and 129th.

Mohamed Salah, Robbie Fowler, Liverpool, Anfield.
Robbie Fowler watched Mohamed Salah Salah break his record. Photo by Andrew Powell - Getty Images/ Twitter @Robbie9Fowler.
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The goals also put him seventh on Liverpool's all-time top scorer' list behind Fowler, Steven Gerrard, Billy Liddell, Gordon Hodgson, Roger Hunt and Ian Rush, who leads the way with 346, as reported by BBC Sports.

Fowler watched Salah break his record

The Liverpool legend was in attendance at Anfield and watched the former Chelsea man match and surpass his record. He was magnanimous and congratulated Salah with a picture of him watching the game.

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As reported by LFC History, Fowler scored 128 goals in 266 Premier League games for the Reds in two spells at Anfield, while Salah achieved his feat in 205 games, 61 less than what it took the former player.

The two-time African footballer of the year took to Instagram to celebrate the win and expressed his joy at the record— ''an extraordinary day for all Liverpool fans. I’m honoured to keep making history with this great club!''

Salah appears to dig at Harry Kane

Sports Brief earlier reported that Mohamed Salah's comment appeared to dig into Harry Kane after the Egyptian said he does not want to set records in a small club and not win trophies.

Salah said this in an interview before the match against Manchester United when he was quizzed at the prospect of achieving the record.

Harry Kane weeks ago became Tottenham Hotspur's all-time top scorer, surpassing Jimmy Greaves. The dent in the Englishman's career is having never won a trophy, and he is already 30 years old.

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Elijah Odetokun is Reuters-trained journalist with three years of experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria, OmaSports and El Futbolero.