Egyptian international Mohamed Salah led the team Liverpool To achieve a major victory against its host Tottenham Hotspur in its home, with six goals to three, on Sunday, in the framework of the matches of the 17th round of the English Premier League.
Salah scored two goals and made two assists to take him to the top of the English Premier League’s top scorers with 15 goals and 11 assists, two goals ahead of Norwegian Erling Haaland, the second City striker, who made one goal.
The Egyptian winger rose to fourth place in Liverpool’s all-time top scorers in all competitions, after scoring his 229th goal for the Reds, surpassing Billy Liddell, who scored 228 goals.
Colombian Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah, with two goals each, Argentinian Alexis McAllister, and Hungarian Dominik Soboslai, took turns scoring in the match in the 23rd, 85th, 54th, 61st, 36th and 45th + 1 minutes, respectively.
While the goals for “Spurs” were scored by Jamie Maddison, Swede Dejan Kulusevski, 72, and Dominic Solanke, in the 41st, 72nd, and 83rd minutes.
Liverpool coach Arne Slot praised the offensive performance presented by his team, but admitted that he felt some relief after the sixth goal that ended Tottenham’s slim hopes.
“Until the 60th or 65th minute I really enjoyed what I saw,” Slott told reporters.
The number exceeded nine
Salah is the first player The number exceeds nine In terms of goals and assists before the Christmas period in a Premier League season.
With this victory, Liverpool regained its balance after falling into the draw trap in the last two rounds against Newcastle and Fulham, raising its score to 39 points, 4 points behind “runner-up” Chelsea, and it has a postponed match against Everton.
On the other hand, Tottenham’s balance froze at 23 points after suffering its third loss in the last 4 matches, and the eighth this season in the competition, occupying eleventh place in the Premier League club rankings table.