It was on March 5, 2023 a historic afternoon, with Liverpool’s 7-0 win over Manchester United. On an individual level, this is also true for Mohamed Salah, MVP of the match and who, thanks to his double, became the ‘red’ team’s all-time top scorer in the Premier League (born in 1992).
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Salah, who signed for the Anfield club in the summer of 2017, has 129 Premier League goals, one more than Robbie Fowler, who scored 128 in that tournament as a Liverpool player (between 1993 and 2001 and in 2006-07). In third position is Steven Gerrard, with 120 goalsin fourth Michael Owen, with 118, and in fifth Sadio Mané, with 90.
In addition, Salah became Liverpool’s first to score in 6 consecutive games against Manchester United. In the ranking of the ‘red’ top scorers in all competitions, the Egyptian is 7th, with 178 goals. ahead there is
Salah is currently seventh in Liverpool’s all-time top scorer table in all competitions, with 178. Gordon Hodgson is ahead (241)Roger Hunt (285), Ian Rush (346) and Robbie Fowler (83).
It was Sunday an afternoon with more records. This is Liverpool’s biggest win over Manchester United. 7-0 overcame 7-1 in 1895. Meanwhile, United equaled their worst defeats in a first division game: Blackburn-United, 7-0 in 1926 and Aston Villa-United, 7-0 in 1930. Liverpool have not scored 6 or more goals against Manchester United (home or away) in a league match for 115 years (7-4, on March 25, 1908).
Source: La Verdad
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