Historic Salah scores and assists again against City (Video)

Mohamed Salah continued to break records after scoring a goal and assisting another in the Liverpool and Manchester City match in the English Premier League.

The Egyptian international gave the Reds the lead in the 13th minute after a tactical set-up from a corner kick that reached him, and he shot it with his left foot and put it in Ederson’s net.


In the 34th minute, Salah created the second goal for his teammate Dominik Szoboszlai after he prepared the ball for him inside the City penalty area, and the Hungarian shot it into the net with his left foot.


A group of numbers achieved by Salah, we review together in the following lines:

  • Salah reached his 25th goal in the Premier League this season, 6 goals ahead of the closest pursuers (Alexander Isak and Erling Haaland).
  • Salah broke Steve McManaman’s record for the most assists in a single season with Liverpool, as he reached his 16th assist this season.
  • Mohamed Salah has scored and assisted in the same game 11 times this season, a feat that hasn’t happened in the top five leagues since Lionel Messi did it in 2014-15.
  • Mohamed Salah is the first player in Premier League history to have contributed to 40 or more goals in two different seasons, the first being in 2017-18 (42 goals).
  • Mohamed Salah is the first player in the top five leagues this season to have contributed to 50 goals, having scored 30 and assisted 21 in all competitions.
  • Mohamed Salah has scored 16 away goals in the Premier League this season, a record in the history of the competition, tied with Kevin Phillips in 1999/2000 and Harry Kane in 2022/23.
  • Mohamed Salah has scored and assisted in 49 different games in his career, in terms of the top five European leagues, with only Lionel Messi (102) and Cristiano Ronaldo (65) able to achieve that feat more than him.