Striker Mo Salah has written his name into the Premier League history books after creating and scoring for Liverpool against Ipwich Town.

Salah makes Premier League history

In the 60th minute, Salah passed the ball to Diogo Jota, who tapped the ball into the Ipswich net from close range to open the scoring. Five minutes later, the Egyptian star himself doubled Liverpool’s lead with a delicate finish.

According to statistics from Opta, Salah currently has the most goals (9) and has been involved in the most goals (14) in the opening round in Premier League history. Previously, the 32-year-old striker had the same number of goals scored in the first round as Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard (8).

In addition, there is another very special statistic: Salah has never failed to score or assist in the opening round of a Premier League season.

In the 2017/18 season, Salah tore the net against Watford. In the 2018/19 season, he scored against West Ham. In the 2019/20 season, Salah scored and assisted against Norwich. In the 2020/21 season, Salah scored a hat-trick against Leeds. In the 2021/22 season, he scored 1 goal and 2 assists against Norwich. In the 2022/23 season, Salah shook the net against Fulham. In the 2023/24 season, Salah made Chelsea sad with 1 goal. And this season, Salah scored 1 goal and 1 assist against Ipswich.

Overall, despite being on the other side of his career, Salah is still very important to Liverpool, becoming the soul of the club. It was thought that the Egyptian star would leave Anfield in the summer of 2024, but fortunately that did not happen.