Liverpool regain victories on a historic night for Mohamed Salah
Liverpool returned to the path of victories in the English Premier League, after its precious 3-0 victory over Leeds United today, Sunday, in the fourth stage of the competition.
The balance of Liverpool, who tied 1-1 with its guest Chelsea in its last meeting in the championship before the last international break, rose to 10 points in third place, behind on goal difference behind Manchester United and Chelsea, who are in the first and second places, respectively, who are equal with him in the same balance.
On the other hand, Leeds' balance, which received its second loss in the championship this season, stopped at two points, in 17th place (fourth from the bottom), knowing that it is one of four teams that have failed to achieve any victory in the competition this season so far.
Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 20th minute, to be on a date with the history industry, after he became the latest to join the list of greats in the tournament, after reaching his 100th goal in his career in the prestigious competition, becoming the fifth fastest player in Premier League history to reach this number. of goals.
Salah, who played his 162nd match in the tournament, scored 98 goals with Liverpool in the English Premier League since joining the red team in June 2017, after he had previously scored two goals in the competition with his former team Chelsea, which he played in from January 2014 to January 2015.
Salah, who is currently ranked second in the list of the most African players to score goals in the English Premier League, is only four goals away to equal the number of goals of retired Ivorian star Didier Drogba, who leads the list so far, with 104 goals.
This was the third goal of the (Egyptian Pharaoh) in the league this season, after he had previously scored against Norwich City and Chelsea, one goal behind the top scorer in the tournament, which is currently shared by Michael Antonio and Bruno Fernandes, West Ham United and Manchester United players, respectively. .
The Brazilian Fabinho scored the second goal for Liverpool in the 50th minute, while Senegalese Sadio Mane scored the third goal for the red team in the second minute of the second half of the added time, taking advantage of the numerical shortage in the ranks of Leeds, who played with ten players after the expulsion of his player Pascal Strick in the minute. 60, due to his violent confrontation with Herve Elliott, the Liverpool player, who was forced not to complete the match.
With this victory, Liverpool demonstrated its readiness to face its Italian guest, AC Milan, next Wednesday, at the beginning of the two teams’ journey in the group stage of the Champions League, which the English team seeks to restore to its coffers and crown it for the seventh time in its history and the first since 2019.
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