Mohamed Salah has overtaken Steven Gerrard’s Champions League look haul in Liverpool’s conflict with Atletico Madrid.
The 33-year-old was chosen for Wednesday evening’s Champions League opener in opposition to Diego Simeone’s facet at Anfield that means he has now eclipsed Gerrard’s whole of 73 video games.
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Salah has now reached 74 Champions League appearances for the Reds however solely options second on the listing, trailing outright chief Jamie Carragher who clocked up 80 appearances throughout his profession.
It imply’s Salah might ultimately eclipse Carragher’s report throughout the remaining spherical of league section fixtures.
Salah must characteristic in all eight matches culminating in an look within the remaining match in opposition to Qarabag at Anfield in late January.
He made an immediate affect on the sport in opposition to Atletico grabbing a objective and an help inside the primary six minutes.
It means he has additionally scored extra objectives (45) and received extra assists (16) than another Liverpool participant within the Champions League.
Slot’s facet went on to win 3-2 because of a late objective from Virgil van Dijk, after Marcos Llorente had scored twice.
Salah’s Champions League report
The Egyptian made his first look for Liverpool within the Champions League in a 3rd qualifying spherical conflict away at Bundesliga outfit Hoffenheim in August 2017.
He was unable to seek out the web that evening however did so within the return leg eight days later as Liverpool booked their place within the group stage with a 6-3 mixture win
Salah scored his first group stage objective within the opening sport in opposition to Sevilla at Anfield.
Arguably his most memorable Champions League objective got here within the remaining in 2019 when he slotted dwelling a second-minute penalty in opposition to Tottenham to set the Reds on their technique to a sixth title.
General, he has gone on to attain 44 objectives in Europe’s premier membership competitors, registering 18 assists.
Previous to his time on Merseyside, Salah registered two Champions League objectives for Basel and a sign strike for Roma to place him 14th on the competitors’s all-time scoring listing with 47 objectives in 88 matches.
And his subsequent objective will see draw degree with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andriy Shevchenko’s whole of 48 objectives.
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Liverpool Champions League appearances
80 – Jamie Carragher
74 – Mo Salah
73 – Steven Gerrard
60 – Andy Robertson
60 – Trent Alexander-Arnold
58 – John Arne Riise
57 – Phil Neal
57 – Roberto Firmino
55 – Sadio Mané
54 – Jordan Henderson
And whereas he’s unlikely to achieve Cristiano Ronaldo’s haul of 140 Champions League objectives, 4 extra strikes will see him surpass one other Premier League legend in Thierry Henry who registered 50.
The Egypt worldwide’s brilliance has not been confined to the Champions League as illustrated by Sunday’s last-gasp winner at Burnley.
His penalty at Turf Moor enabled him to turn into the outright fourth-highest goalscorer in Premier League historical past, leapfrogging Andy Cole.
That leaves simply Alan Shearer, Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney above him within the listing of high scorers for the reason that Premier League’s inception in 1992.
Liverpool’s crew for Atletico Madrid
Alexander Isak was handed his debut for the membership in his first look since his British report switch from Newcastle.
Jeremie Frimpong and Andy Robertson additionally made Arne Slot’s beginning XI.
Nevertheless, it’s the first time in 418 European video games that Liverpool haven’t named an Englishman of their beginning XI.
