If anybody had thought Mo Salah was slowing down, they wildly underestimated him and his thirst for breaking information – with Thierry Henry the newest to fall behind the No. 11.
It’s a actual privilege to witness Salah ply his commerce each week for Liverpool, his expertise is ample and his proclivity for breaking information has by no means wavered.
A aim and an help in opposition to Aston Villa on Saturday ensured Salah was on the coronary heart of the Reds’ fifteenth win of the season.
Simply 17 video games in, and Salah already has 10 targets and 10 assists throughout all competitions, and in 5 days alone he has overtaken Henry twice in two totally different competitions.
Twice in a single week. pic.twitter.com/VEWlGUQrjI
— StatMuse FC (@statmusefc) November 9, 2024
On Tuesday, his two assists in opposition to Leverkusen noticed him take his Champions League tally to 17 to leapfrog Henry and eight others within the all-time charts, together with Ruud van Nistelrooy.
On Saturday, his help for Darwin Nunez took his Premier League tally to 75 to overhaul Henry into outright thirteenth – Salah is now simply six assists away from breaking into the all-time high 10!
Fairly the 5 days for the Egyptian King!
Setting the requirements
With the assistance of FotMob, we will additionally see that no different participant has contributed extra targets and assists within the Premier League than Salah (14), nor has a better score (8.02) within the English topflight.
As for the Champions League, Salah has essentially the most assists in 2024/25 (4) and has created the joint-most large probabilities of any participant within the competitors (4).
It implies that solely Barcelona‘s Raphina has extra aim contributions at this stage of the season throughout Europe’s large 5 leagues, with 12 targets and 10 assists having performed one sport much less.
At 32, that may be a feat to be applauded.
So as to add additional context to how nicely Salah has began the season, Opta‘s Michael Reid has revealed he has achieved double digits for targets and assists faster than another Pink within the final 40 seasons.
The earlier quickest was Luis Suarez, and he wanted 23 appearances in 2013/14.
Daily that drags by with out a contract announcement solely furthers the controversy that the membership needs to be doing every little thing of their energy to maintain him tied to Anfield for the remainder of his profession.
