In a dramatic start to the 2025/26 season at Anfield, Mohamed Salah once again proved decisive. Bournemouth overturned a 2–0 deficit to draw level with Liverpool. Ghnaian Born Striker Antoine Semenyo hit a brace to draw his team level with Liverpool. However, the Premier League last season’s champions once showed their class is in the 88th minute through Fedrico Chiesa with Salah scoring the stoppage-time winner to endthe game at 4-2.

Salah has now scored on the opening weekend of ten seasons in a row – an unprecedented feat in Premier League history. On Matchday 1, no player has ever scored more than ten goals.. Each year Salah has opened a campaign by finding the net, and the breakdown is as follows:

• 2017/18 vs Watford (3–3 draw): On his Liverpool debut Salah volleyed home to give the Reds an early lead (Liverpool eventually drew 3–3)

• 2018/19 vs West Ham (4–0 win): Salah opened the scoring in the 19th minute at Anfield, capitalizing on an Andy Robertson cross to make it 1–0. Liverpool went on to win 4–0.

• 2019/20 vs Norwich (4–1 win): Twelve minutes in, Salah slotted home a simple finish (a Roberto Firmino pass gave him the chance) to double Liverpool’s lead. The Reds won 4–1.

• 2020/21 vs Leeds (4–3 win): Salah scored a hat-trick in a topsy-turvy opener. He converted two first-half chances (including a free-kick penalty) and netted a stoppage-time spot-kick to seal a 4–3 win. 2021/22 vs Norwich (3–0 win): After assisting twice, Salah himself scored in the 74th minute (a left-foot finish) to make it 3–0 at Carrow Road.

• 2022/23 vs Fulham (2–2 draw): Back in London, Salah scored the equaliser in the 80th minute at Craven Cottage, a composed strike to salvage a 2–2 draw

• 2024/25 vs Ipswich Town (2–0 win): Salah continued where he left off, again scoring for 2–0 at Anfield (his 65th-minute blast made him the leading opener scorer with nine).

• 2025/26 vs Bournemouth (4–2 win): Salah’s late winner in the 94th minute capped a 4–2 comeback (we have the official stats: “Mohamed Salah – 90+4.This record adds another chapter to Salah’s already-legendary Liverpool career. He earned back-to-back Golden Boots for his contributions to back-to-back championship victories; in the previous season alone, he scored 28 goals and provided 18 assists as Liverpool easily won the championship.. Salah also became a two-time Premier League Player of the Season – joining Henry and Ronaldo as the only players to win it twice. Now, scoring on ten openers reinforces his status as one of the game’s most enduring star