Mo Salah makes Premier League history after Liverpool achievement

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45 goal contributions 

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It’s becoming difficult to keep count of the records being tumbled by Liverpool’s Egyptian king. At 33 years of age, Mohamed Salah is showing no signs of slowing down, and is enjoying his best ever season at Anfield The 33 year old leads the Premier League charts when it comes to both goalscoring (27) and providing assists (18) so far this season. He has already broken the record for the most goal contributions away from home in a Premier League season. 

Salah is also level with Sergio Aguero on 184 goals as the foreign player with the most goals in the history of the English top-flight. The Egyptian, however, claimed a famous achievement with his assist to Luis Diaz in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over West Ham on Sunday with Arne Slot’s men closing in on a record-equally 20th English title. It was Salah’s 45th Premier League goal contribution this season, which is an outright record for a single campaign – recorded just days after committing his future to the club.

Most goal contributions in a 38-game Premier League season

Heading into the West Ham game, Salah was level with Thierry Henry and Erling Haaland on 44 goal contributions. Arsenal’s legendary Frenchman scores 24 goals and provided 20 assists in a monstrous campaign in the 2002/03 season, whilst Haaland scored 35 goals and provided nine assists in his opening season in England. 

Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez managed 43 goal contributions in the 2013/14 season, despite being banned for the first six games of the campaign for biting Branislav Ivanovic. Salah himself amassed 42 goal contributions in his first season at Liverpool back in 2017/18..

Most goal contributions in a season in Premier League history

Sharing the mantle of the most goal contributions in a Premier League season are Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. The legendary strikers both managed 47 goals and assists – Cole for Newcastle in the 1993/94 season, and Shearer in Blackburn’s title winning campaign in 1994/95. However, both of those achievements came in a 42-game season, with 22 teams in the division for the opening few Premier League campaigns. Salah needs three goal contributions across Liverpool’s remaining six league games to eclipse Shearer and Cole’s record.