Mohamed Salah turned the primary participant in Premier League historical past to interrupt for Christmas with not less than 10 targets and 10 assists after recording two of every in Liverpool’s 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Salah elevated his output to fifteen targets and 11 assists to guide all Premier League scorers after 17 video games.
The Egyptian additionally moved into fourth place on Liverpool’s all-time scoring listing with 229 targets in 373 complete appearances for the membership. Solely Ian Rush, Roger Hunt, and Gordon Hodgson have scored extra for Liverpool.
“It is nice to attain that at such a giant membership, however a very powerful factor is that we gained the sport. Wherever I’m going to finish my profession, I’m joyful about it,” Salah, who’s out of contract on the finish of the season, advised Sky Sports activities.
Liverpool prolonged their result in 4 factors after outgunning Tottenham in a back-and-forth encounter the guests at one level led 5-1.
Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister powered Liverpool right into a deserved 2-0 lead earlier than James Maddison clawed a aim again for Spurs. The reprieve barely lasted as Dominik Szoboszlai countered within the first minute of first-half stoppage time to sap any momentum out of Tottenham’s comeback effort.
Salah arrange Szoboszlai’s aim shortly after the interval with an unimaginable reverse go off a fast transfer up the sphere. Liverpool repeated the identical play again and again, beating Tottenham’s excessive line with a sequence of lengthy balls that arrange quite a few breakaways all through the sport.
Salah scored his first aim of the evening off the same counterattack, ending it off 14 seconds after it started. He tapped dwelling his second 12 seconds after Liverpool initiated one other breakaway.
Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke’s strikes have been merely comfort efforts as Diaz confirmed the end result with the sport’s ninth tally shortly earlier than the top of standard time.
Liverpool have now gained 21 of 25 video games since Slot changed Jurgen Klopp as supervisor.
