Mohamed Salah broke an impressive all-time African football record while playing for Egypt yesterday

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Mohamed Salah put a difficult start to the season with Liverpool behind him on Wednesday as he found the net twice for Egypt.Salah’s form has been the source of much debate early into the campaign, with the Reds’ superstar hitting only one non-penalty goal in seven Premier League matches.There have been questions over whether the 33-year-old is finally on the decline, and worries that he may not be able to click with his new attacking teammates at Liverpool.Amid that backdrop, it was a relief to see Salah score twice for Egypt as they qualified for next summer’s World Cup.The Pharaohs beat Djibouti 3-0 to ensure their place at the tournament for the second time in three attempts.As he often is for Egypt, Salah was the hero once more. And in scoring on Wednesday, Liverpool’s legendary No.

11 made a little bit of African history.Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty ImagesMohamed Salah becomes all-time World Cup qualifying top scorerSalah possesses the same iconic status for Egypt as he does for Liverpool, perhaps even more so.Nevertheless, despite the love he is afforded in his home country, Salah is not seen in the same light as other heroes in Egypt’s past.READ MORE: Remarkable Mohamed Salah statistic emerges which shows why Liverpool fans can’t write him off yetThe Liverpool legend has never won a trophy with the Pharaohs, although he has come agonisingly close before.While that wait goes on, however, Salah’s scoring on an individual level has been consistently brilliant. And after scoring another brace on Wednesday, he has become the leading goal-scorer in African World Cup qualifying history.As confirmed by CAF, Salah is now the outright top-scorer for an African nation attempting to reach the World Cup.20 goals may not sound like a lot when put against some of Salah’s other records, but it is more than the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba and indeed Sadio Mane all managed.Who did Salah beat to the top scorer spot?Salah’s 20 goals have come in only 29 matches, which paints a clear picture of how important the veteran has been for Egypt.On Wednesday he surpassed both Eto’o and Drogba, who each 18 goals for Cameroon and Ivory Coast respectively.Eto’o also scored his goals in 29 matches, while Drogba’s strike-rate was infinitely better, bagging 18 in just 19 games for the Ivory Coast.Salah often vies with former Liverpool teammate Mane for the title of Africa’s greatest player of recent times, but the Senegalese has scored only nine goals in 29 World Cup qualifying matches.Hopefully the Egyptian King has blown some cobwebs away with a couple of much-needed goals on international duty, and we will see a more familiar Salah back at Anfield after the break.