Mohamed Salah is on monitor to attain the very best particular person Premier League season in historical past after committing his future to Liverpool.
The Reds talisman has signed a brand new two-year deal as a reward for a marketing campaign the place he has persistently rewritten the file books.
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The Egyptian has put up numbers comparable with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo en path to breaking his personal file for essentially the most Fantasy Premier League factors scored in a season.
Total, Salah already has 44 objective contributions within the top-flight alone this time period and has one other seven video games to interrupt all data.
The 32-year-old is simply three wanting the Premier League file, however he is already stage for the very best particular person tally in a 38-game season.
Who has the file for many objectives and assists in a Premier League season?
Alan Shearer and Andy Cole share the mantle for essentially the most objective contributions in a single Premier League season with 47.
Shearer achieved the feat in Blackburn’s title-winning marketing campaign in 1994/95, with Cole doing the identical for Newcastle the 12 months earlier than.
Nevertheless, an vital distinction is that each of these achievements got here in a 42-game season when the Premier League had 22 groups.
For the reason that introduction of a 38-game season in 1995/96, Thierry Henry and Erling Haaland share the file with 44 objective contributions every.
Arsenal’s iconic Frenchman Henry scored 24 objectives and offered 20 assists throughout his historic 2002/03 marketing campaign.
Haaland, in the meantime, matched that contribution in his opening season in England, scoring 36 objectives and offering eight assists.
That latter achievement is essentially the most objectives scored in a single Premier League marketing campaign, with the Norwegian two forward of Cole.
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Kevin De Bruyne and Henry are tied for essentially the most assists in a single season, having laid on 20 in 2019-20 and that 02/03 marketing campaign, respectively.
The joint file is considerably controversial, with Man Metropolis famous person De Bruyne believing he ought to maintain the feat outright and that a few of his assists that 12 months have been wrongfully taken from him.
As reported by objective, De Bruyne stated: “I’ve obtained two extra – you guys took two away from me that I’m nonetheless claiming so for me I used to be already above [Henry].
“It’s what it’s. I would like my teammates, clearly I’m creating for them to attain, and I’m grateful after they do. It’s good to have [the record] and it’s good to have it with Thierry.”
Mockingly, each of his alleged assists got here in opposition to Arsenal, with De Bruyne’s cross for Raheem Sterling’s objective in a 3-0 win in December 2019 taking a slight deflection so did not get counted.
Within the reverse fixture, KDB teed up Sterling once more that June however missed out on the help because the ball hit David Luiz on the thigh.
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Most Assists in a Premier League Season
Thierry Henry – Arsenal (2002/03 – 20)
Kevin De Bruyne – Man Metropolis (2019/20 – 20)
Mesut Ozil – Arsenal (2015/16 – 19)
Cesc Fabregas – Chelsea (2014/15 – 18)
Frank Lampard – Chelsea (2004/05 – 18)
Kevin De Bruyne – Man Metropolis (2016/17 – 18)
1 Erling Haaland (Manchester Metropolis) 36 2022-232 Andy Cole (Newcastle United) 34 1993-942 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 34 1994-954 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 32 2017-185 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 31 1993-945 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 31 1995-965 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 31 2007-085 Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 31 2013-149 Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) 30 1999-009 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 30 2003-049 Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 30 2011-129 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 30 2017-18 and 2022-23
