Liverpool’s Salah sets Premier League goals and assists record

If this is Mohamed Salah’s final season at Liverpool, he will come out with a bang.

The Egyptian striker scored two goals and assisted two more in Liverpool’s wild 6-3 win at Tottenham on Sunday, becoming the first player to reach double figures in goals and assists in a Premier League season before Christmas.

“To be fair, I didn’t think about it before the game,” Salah said. “But it is something that makes me happy and proud. I just keep working hard.”

So far this season, Salah has scored 15 goals and that is more than anyone else, with Manchester City’s Erling Haaland the closest rival with 13.

Salah has won the Golden Boot for the Premier League’s top scorer three times, in the 2017-18 season alone, before sharing it in 2018-19 and 2021-22.

With his contract expiring at the end of the season, Salah was asked after the game if there was an update on the situation. He said, “No.”

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot praised his side’s attacking performance but admitted he was a little relieved when Spurs scored their sixth goal to end their faint hopes of a comeback.

“Up until the 60th to 65th minute I really, really, really enjoyed what I saw,” he told reporters. “But then you also saw that the players, no matter how much quality they have, think that they no longer have to run.”

“In this league, especially against Tottenham, because they are also so good with the ball, they immediately start to create something. And they did, and they scored two goals. To be honest, I was happy that the sixth goal came.”

The Premier League leaders were never in danger of losing the game but despite the attacking fireworks there was something for Liverpool to improve on at the start of the busy Christmas period.

“We were pretty good up front, but defensively we need to improve as a team,” said Salah. “The result is pretty good and hopefully we’ll just keep going.”

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was used in this story.