Mohamed Salah has just achieved with Liverpool something that not even Thierry Henry could do
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Mohamed Salah has continued to prove doubters wrong and carried on breaking records.
The Reds left it late yet again to claim victory over Atletico Madrid, with Virgil van Dijk’s 92nd minute winner saving the day.
This means that all five of their games so far have required last-gasp goals, something that can be both a positive and negative given that performances have not been up to scratch.
One player who certainly showed signs of improvement, though, was Salah, with the Egyptian being very quiet at the beginning of the Premier League season.
He showed up in the Champions League, however, and his goal, as many of them often do, meant a lot in the grand scheme of things, with it meaning he achieved something that even Thierry Henry could not do.
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Salah really is the man for the big occasions and even when people started to doubt him, he showed yet again why he should not be written off.
Michael Owen hailed his performance as ‘just amazing’ against Atletico, with his goals truly something to behold.
After playing a one-two with Ryan Gravenberch, Salah used his strength to hold off three players before putting the ball in the back of the net.
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Not only was it an important goal on the night, but it also proved to be a meaningful one across his career, with it moving him up into 10th position in the all-time Champions League goalscoring charts.
As well as this, it means he overtook Henry’s record of 51 goals in the process, with the Egyptian scoring 52 in 16 games fewer.
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Within the two seasons he likely has left, Salah could probably go as high as sixth on this list, with the winger needing nine more goals to move above Ruud van Nistelrooy who is on 60.
However, with Kylian Mbappe already above Salah and still having a long career ahead of him, seventh spot on this list is where he will more than likely end up by the time he finally hangs up his boots.
Of course, goals are the main part of most forwards’ game, especially Salah’s, but his overall performance will have been much more encouraging for Liverpool fans.
Unlike other weeks, he was far from quiet and everything seemed to go through him, particularly in the first half.
His link-up play was very good and he looked energetic, something that had been missing from his game at the start of this season.
If Liverpool are to win the Premier League again, and perhaps the Champions League too, they will need the Egyptian firing on all cylinders, and Wednesday night was a step in the right direction.