Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United: Salah now Reds' all-time top Premier League scorer

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Mohamed Salah has become Liverpool's all-time top scorer in the Premier League following his brace against Manchester United

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates one of his goals in the 7-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield in March 2023.
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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has become the Reds' all-time top scorer in the Premier League following his brace in the 7-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.

Salah, who also bagged two assists in his side's amazing victory, scored Liverpool's fourth and sixth goals in the second half.

Those two strikes took him to 129 Premier League goals for Liverpool and see him surpass the great Robbie Fowler, who netted 128 times in the competition for the Reds.

The Egyptian has reached that total in just 205 Premier League appearances, while it took Fowler 266 games to score his 128 goals.

"It's very special," Salah told Sky Sports after the game. "This record has been on my mind since I came here."

"And he added: "I'm going to go home and celebrate with my family, and have a chamomile tea and sleep!"

Salah, who is 30, has broken the record in only his sixth season at Anfield. 

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.