Mo Salah joined exclusive two-man Premier League club in final Liverpool start
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Liverpool fans had the pleasure of watching Mohamed Salah in action one final time on Sunday afternoon.Arne Slot’s side had to at least draw with the Bees to secure a top-five place, but much of the attention pre and post-match, of course, fell on Salah and Andy Robertson.The duo are bringing an end to their illustrious Liverpool careers this summer, and the Egyptian has now cemented a place in the history books after Brentford.Salah made his 300th Premier League start on May 24, becoming just the second African player to reach that milestone. A limp performance and another draw at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah has second-most starts of African players in the Premier League following BrentfordIncluding Brentford, Salah started a total of 294 Premier League matches during his prolific spell at Anfield.Previously, he started six games for Chelsea, bringing his total to 300, which is four off the current record holder.Kolo Toure, who featured for the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal during his career, started in the English top flight a staggering 304 times before hanging up his boots.While Salah does not have that record and is unlikely to ever get it unless he joins another Premier League team this summer, he is in the history books for another reason. Why did Curtis Jones not celebrate his goal against Brentford?
Is this confirmation that he's leaving in the summer? Very strange 🤔 Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Top scoring African players in Premier League historyThe 33-year-old has found the back of the net 193 times throughout his career in England, which is the fourth-most league goals in the competition’s history.Only Alan Shearer (260), Harry Kane (213) and Wayne Rooney (208) have scored more, meaning Salah is the highest-scoring non-English player in the Premier League ever.He is also signing out as the top-scoring African player, leading the competition by a significant margin.Mohamed Salah (193)Sadio Mane (111)Didier Drogba (104)Emmanuel Adebayor (97)Yakubu Aiyegbeni (95)No current Premier League stars even crack the top 10, so expect that record to last for a long time.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox