Five days to go: Mohamed Salah chasing 100th goal for Liverpool

The Egyptian has discovered the web a outstanding 94 instances in his earlier three years with the membership since becoming a member of from AS Roma in 2017, from 153 appearances.

Six extra strikes will see Salah be part of an elite group of goalscorers to have reached three figures throughout their time at Anfield – and we check out his quest in our newest preview to the brand new Premier League marketing campaign.

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Solely 16 gamers have beforehand achieved a century of targets for the Reds, with Steven Gerrard the newest – he introduced up the milestone throughout a 2008 Champions League conflict with PSV Eindhoven.

The primary man to do it in Liverpool colors was Sam Raybould, who bagged his one centesimal within the early months of the 1905-06 season, and he has since been emulated by most of the most interesting finishers ever to tug on the shirt.

Jack Balmer, John Barnes, Harry Chambers, Kenny Dalglish, Dick Forshaw, Robbie Fowler, Gordon Hodgson, Roger Hunt, Kevin Keegan, Billy Liddell, Michael Owen, Jack Parkinson, Ian Rush and Ian St John hit the landmark between Raybould and Gerrard.

After hauls of 44, 27 and 23 in his three seasons to this point, Salah is odds-on so as to add his identify to that listing in 2020-21 – and the development predicts he’ll be part of them fairly shortly.

Probably the most appearances the No.11 has beforehand wanted to chalk up half-a-dozen targets in a marketing campaign was 13, throughout 2018-19. In his debut time period, it was simply 9.

If Salah can rating six instances in his first 11 outings of the brand new season, he’ll declare third spot on the rating of Liverpool’s gamers to achieve 100 strikes within the fewest video games.

Hunt’s all-time report (144 matches) is protected and Parkinson (153) can’t be crushed both, however the Egyptian King may edge forward of Fowler and Raybould (165).

Salah’s teammates Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane are additionally shifting ever nearer to a few figures for the Reds, with the previous on 78 targets and the latter boasting 81.

There will likely be no happier man than Jürgen Klopp if all three can clinch a century through the course of 2020-21.