Mohamed Salah is starting to close in on his 200th Liverpool goal after following up his Merseyside derby brace by scoring against Toulouse.
The Egyptian, who actually scored his 200th league goal in the 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday, now boasts 195 goals from 317 games for the Reds. With Liverpool facing Nottingham Forest, Luton Town, and Brentford in the Premier League, a return trip to Toulouse in the Europa League, and AFC Bournemouth in the League Cup in the forthcoming weeks, you would not bet against the Egyptian reaching that landmark strike before the November international break.
Now with nine goals and four assists from just 12 appearances so far this season, the 31-year-old is unsurprisingly the Reds’ leading goalscorer. Meanwhile, only Erling Haaland (nine goals) has scored more than Salah (seven goals) in the Premier League during the current campaign.
The forward might be the wrong side of the 30, but he is showing no signs of slowing down. And having broken the 30-goal barrier in each of the past three seasons, he is well on course to do so again – even taking into account his looming mid-season international excursions to captain Egypt at this winter’s Africa Cup of Nations.
What I love most about Mo is that I think Mo Salah played for us an incredible amount of fantastic games,” manager Jurgen Klopp said after victory over Everton. “Today it was not his best game, but being then that clinical with the penalty and the situation it was in, that is probably his biggest quality.
You need someone who brings the ball over the line and he was that again. I couldn’t respect that fact more. That’s absolutely outstanding.
“The numbers are crazy. He will never stop, he will never stop. That’s his nature and that’s really cool for us.”
The Egyptian would prove his manager right against Toulouse having initially started on the bench. Brought on for a 20-minute substitute appearance, he would finish the 5-1 victory as captain as he wrapped up the scoring with a smart finish in front of the Kop to take his tally to five goals from his last three games.
