Salah smashes Torres' Liverpool goalscoring record

Mohamed Salah fired his way to more Liverpool history by beating Fernando Torres' record of 33 competitive goals for a player in his debut season at Anfield.

The prolific Egypt international opened the scoring in the fourth minute against Watford to move level with Spain striker Torres, who enjoyed a prolific first campaign in 2007-08.

The well-taken strike was Salah's 25th in England's top flight this term, to go with seven in the Champions League and one in the FA Cup.

He then broke the record at the end of the first half, getting on the end of Andy Robertson's back-post cross to tap in his 34th goal of the season.

The Egyptian bagged another two in the second half, as well as assisting Roberto Firmino's goal. This was the first time he has scored more than two in a game for Liverpool, and it brought his tally for the season to 36.

This also moved him four clear of Harry Kane in the race for the Premier League's golden boot, with the Englishman out on the sidelines with injury.

 

17 March 2018