Mohamed Salah makes these records with brace versus Bournemouth
What's the story
Mohamed Salah attained a host of feats as Liverpool downed Bournemouth in matchweek 24 of the Premier League 2024/25 season on Saturday.
Two goals from Salah helped Premier League leaders Liverpool earn a massive 2-0 win.
Salah has been in prime form in the ongoing season as he continued his goal-scoring exploits.
Here we decode the key records made by the Egyptian.
Premier League
6th-highest scorer in Premier League history
Salah has raced to 178 goals in the Premier League. He went past Frank Lampard, who scored 177 goals.
With this, Salah became the sixth-highest scorer in Premier League history.
Alan Shearer (260) leads the show. He is followed by Harry Kane (213), Wayne Rooney (208), Andy Cole (187) and Sergio Aguero (184).
Unique feat
Salah equals Henry with this record
Salah has 21 goals in the Premier League 2024/25 season.
For the 5th time in his Premier League career, Salah has amassed 20-plus goals in a season.
He has equalled former Arsenal ace Thierry Henry with this feat.
Only Kane, Aguero (6 each) and Shearer (7) are ahead of Salah.
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25-plus goals in 7 different campaigns for the Reds
Salah owns 25 goals from 33 matches in all competitions this season. For the 7th time, Salah has scored 25-plus goals in a season for Liverpool. This is his 8th season at the club.
300
300 career goals for Salah in his European club career
Salah has raced to 301 goals in his European club career across competitions.
The Egyptian owns 236 goals for Liverpool. He also scored two goals for Chelsea, 20 for FC Basel, 9 for Fiorentina and another 34 for AS Roma.
Victory
Salah's double strike secures win for Liverpool
The first goal arrived at the 30-minute mark as Salah converted a penalty, awarded after Lewis Cook fouled Cody Gakpo.
A stunning finish in the 75th minute from Curtis Jones' assist saw Salah score his second of the match, sealing Liverpool's victory.
Justin Kluivert missed a crucial opportunity to score midway through the second half, which turned out to be a turning point.