Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah scored two goals to lead his team, Liverpool, to a 3-1 victory over West Ham United today, Sunday, in the twenty-first phase of the competition.
Liverpool's score rose to 40 points in third place, and West Ham stuck at 35 points in fifth place.
Liverpool scored through Salah (57), before the same player came back and scored the second goal (68), to consolidate his top scorer for the competition this season, after raising his tally to 15 goals.
The "Egyptian King" also raised the number of his goals to 9 during the 8 matches he played against the team nicknamed "the Hammers", knowing that this is Salah's first goal in the English Premier League during the new year, as his last goal in the competition dates back to 19 December When he scored a brace during Liverpool's 7-0 victory at Crystal Palace.
The Egyptian international became the first player to score 20 goals or more for Liverpool in 4 consecutive seasons, since the legend of "Reds", Ian Rush, who scored in 6 consecutive seasons from 1981-1982 to 1986-1987.
Dutchman Jorginho Wijnaldum added the third goal for Liverpool in the 84th minute, while Craig Dawson ensured that West Ham scored the only goal in the 57th minute.
English Premier League
West Ham 0 x 1 Liverpool |
The goal of Mohamed Salah
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- Snap igoal1 (@ cafcl_4) January 31, 2021
Great goal
From Arnold's pass
to Shaqiri's
pass
to Salah's move and his receipt of the ball and the imaginary fench 😍😍😍
Something from that lever ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/FVBWPnVqp5
- Genius (@ Genius_900) January 31, 2021