Mohamed Salah achieves historic feat for Liverpool overtaking club legend in goal scoring record

Liverpool will be relying on more Salah goals as they look to challenge for the title.

Mohamed Salah achieves historic feat for Liverpool overtaking club legend in goal scoring record

Mohamed Salah, (via Goal)

Mohammed Salah overtakes Steven Gerrard to become Liverpool FC‘s 5th all-time highest goalscorer. The Egyptian found the initially missed from 12 yards but slotted in the rebound after Neto saved his penalty. The Reds overcame Bournemouth 3-1 with Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota also appearing on the scoresheet. The Reds were on the back of a 1-1 draw against Chelsea and were in need of a win to kickstart their season. 

Liverpool started the game in the worst possible fashion. Jürgen Klopp’s side found themselves trailing after just 3 minutes, as the visitors took the lead through Antoine Semenyo. However, the Reds found themselves back in the game through Luis Diaz. At 27 minutes, Diaz flicked up a low cross from Jota before finding the back of the net through an improvised finish. 

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While Salah scored a rebound after a saved penalty, Diogo Jota scored the 3rd and final goal, sealing the deal for the Reds. Salah followed up on his goal-scoring from last season as he overtook club legend, Steven Gerrard. Both were tied at 186 goals prior to the match. The Egyptian overtook the English midfielder while playing almost half the games. Salah is now the player with 5th most goals only behind Billy Lidell (228), Gordon Hodgson (241), Roger Hunt (285), and Ian Rush (346). 

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Liverpool sign Japan’s National Team captain Wataru Endo for £16m

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Wataru Endo in his first game for Liverpool. (Source: Getty)

Liverpool sign Wataru Endo from Stuttgart on a £16m (€19m ) on a 4-year contract. The 30-year-old has been brought to the club, following the Reds missing out on Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia to Chelsea. Signed as a central defensive midfielder, Endo can also play as a center-back. 

The signing of Endo is amidst a large number of big-name departures and couldn’t have come sooner. In midfield, skipper Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and James Milner, and several others have left needing immediate reinforcements. Klopp was quick to praise the new signing as he said, “I’m really happy. Wataru is a really good player. He is very experienced and loves to work extremely hard.”

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