Mo Salah Makes Premier League History After Shining in Liverpool’s Win Over Leeds

Mo Salah Makes Premier League History After Shining in Liverpool’s Win Over Leeds

Fred Kennedy
updated at April 18, 2023 at 7:24 AM
  • Mohamed Salah returned to the scoresheet on Monday night as Liverpool mauled Leeds 6-1 at Elland Road
  • The Liverpool ace scored a brace to boost the Reds' bid to seal a top-four finish at the end of the season
  • Salah's brace saw him set a new Premier League record as he broke a long-standing one held by Fowler

Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah has made Premier League history following his impressive performance during the Reds' 6-1 win over Leeds United on Monday night.

The Merseyside team, who have been struggling for results, were in the form of their lives when they visited Leeds at Elland Road on Monday night.

Diogo Jota and Mo Salah were the men of the moment as both forwards scored a brace each to inspire the visitors to a comfortable win.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their side's fourth goal of the game during the Premier League match at Elland Road. Photo by Tim Goode.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their side's fourth goal of the game during the Premier League match at Elland Road. Photo by Tim Goode.
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The Guardian reports Cody Gakpo opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 35th minute before Salah doubled the advantage four minutes later.

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Luis Sinisterra pulled one back for Leeds shortly after the break, only for Jota to restore Liverpool's two-goal lead in the 52nd minute.

The Portuguese and Salah each went on to bag a brace, with Darwin Nunez also getting his name on the scoresheet.

Salah makes EPL history

Apart from Liverpool's big win, one other outstanding thing from the match was Salah's new milestone.

According to Metro UK, the Egyptian forward is now the record holder for the most left-footed goals in the Premier League.

The former Roma ace has now scored an incredible 106 goals with his left foot, one goal more than Robbie Fowler's 105.

Below are the players with the most left-footed goals in the EPL:

  1. Mohamed Salah – 107
  2. Robbie Fowler – 105
  3. Robin van Persie – 94
  4. Ryan Giggs – 83
  5. Riyad Mahrez – 65
  6. Romelu Lukaku – 60
  7. Olivier Giroud – 50
  8. David Silva – 49
  9. Daniel Sturridge – 47
  10. Louis Saha – 46

Haaland equals Salah's record

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Erling Haaland tied Mohamed Salah's best season goal tally with two goals against Leicester.

Salah's tally of 32 goals is the most a player has ever scored in a single 38-game Premier League season.

Haaland has eight more games to move clear as he continues to shatter records in England.

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Fred Kennedy has a Bachelor's degree in journalism (Daystar University), currently working as a Sports Editor. He has more than five years of experience in digital journalism.