Mohamed Salah led his team Liverpool to a difficult victory at home to Brentford 1-<> in the English Premier League football, to strengthen the Egyptian star record historical record two new records as equalized the legend of the Reds, and also strengthened his team's hopes of entering the golden box by continuing to pressure rivals Manchester United in the struggle to qualify for the Champions League next season on Saturday.
A sixth consecutive win took Liverpool to 62 points, one behind United, who have played two fewer games.
Brentford remained in ninth place with 50 points.
Brentford fielded five defenders in an attempt to stand up to Liverpool's attacks, but conceded in the 13th minute.
Virgil van Dijk turned Fabinho's cross to Salah to score his 100th goal at Anfield.
🔝⚽️ Mohamed Salah with his goal today against Brentford 👇
▪️ He became the first player in Liverpool's history to score in nine consecutive home games in all competitions.
▪️ He reached his 186th goal for Liverpool in all competitions, equalling the record of the legendary Gerrard.#الدوري_الإنكليزي_الممتاز | #ليفربول #PremierLeague | #MoSalah pic.twitter.com/7RGdrHYAqB
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) May 6, 2023
Brian Mbemo launched a counter-attack and overtook Van Dijk to put the ball in the goal, but the referee ruled out the goal for offside, which was confirmed by VAR in the 40th minute.
Darwin Nunez and Cody Jacpo missed two chances for Liverpool, while Brentford hit one shot on target to make Salah's goal enough to take the win.
Salah's records
Salah, 30, raised his tally to 314 goals during his career with clubs and his country, to become the most Egyptian player to score goals in history, knowing that he has many years to reach an incredible tally that is difficult for any player after him to reach.
According to the network "Opta", specialized in football numbers and statistics, that Salah became the first player in the history of Liverpool, scoring in 9 consecutive games at Anfield in all competitions.
Salah had equalized the tally of former Egypt captain Hossam Hassan's goals, according to the "Five Star Football" application specialized in statistics, after he scored Liverpool's 1-<> victory over Fulham from the penalty spot last Wednesday.
Mohammed by specialization to achieve victory 🎯👑pic.twitter.com/uxp0E7bWHm
— Liverpool FC (@LFC_Arabic) May 3, 2023
Salah has also reached 186 goals for Liverpool since his 2017 transfer, equalling the record of former captain and Reds legend Steven Gerrard and sharing fifth place in the club's all-time scoring charts list led by Ian Rush with 346 goals.
The Egypt captain is Liverpool's top scorer in the Premier League with 137 goals.
In addition to Salah's goals with Liverpool, he scored 34 goals with Roma, 9 goals with Fiorentina, two goals with Chelsea, 20 goals with Basel, 12 goals with his first team, the Arab Contractors, and also scored 51 goals with the Egyptian team.