Mohammed Salah’s 65th Minutes for Liverpool aginst Ipswich Town n 17th August 2024 sees him become the All time topscorer in the opening season of the Premier League.
Despite a very quite first half for the Red”s and Mohammed Salah the second half of the came opened with a different texture as Liverpool became more lethal in their attack with a fluid play. It was no suprise as Diego Jota broke the deadlock launching on a swift assist from the Egyptian King(Mohammed Salah) and finished off with a sublime finish.
Few minutes latter Salah scored Liverpool’s second goal at Portman Road and Arne Slot’s team took to 2-0 advantage in their opening game of the season.
The Egyptian latched of to a Dominik Szoboszlai’s pass and slid the ball under Christian Walton, the goalkeeper for Ipswich, to double the advantage that Arne Slot’s team had taken from Diogo Jota.
With his goal, Salah moved one goal ahead of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, and Alan Shearer on the opening day of a Premier League season for the ninth time in his career.
In the 2017–18 season, the 31-year-old scored his first goal against Watford on his Liverpool debut. He then scored goals against West Ham, Norwich City (2), Leeds United (a hat-trick), and Fulham.
Salah has only failed to score on the first day of a season once, in the 2023–24 Liverpool–Chelsea draw.
With nfield.14 goal involvements on the first day of the Premier League season, the Egypt international has now broken another record. In addition, Salah made his 350th appearance for Liverpool in the match, demonstrating his legendary status.