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Mohamed Salah celebrates one of his goals for Liverpool at Leeds United
Liverpool defender Andy Robertson realizes the value of his teammate Mohamed Salah, which was evident in his words about the Egyptian star.
Salah scored a hat-trick in Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Leeds United in a wonderful and exciting opening meeting for the two teams in the first round of the Premier League.
Robertson posted his photo with Salah through his personal account on Instagram and commented on it saying, “We thank God for having this man with us.”
The Scottish captain added: “It’s great to be back in the league.”
Robertson scored the Reds’ second goal in the encounter with an elaborate cross, which Virgil Van Dyck drove into the net.
And Mohamed Salah became the first player in Liverpool history to score at least one goal in the opening game for four consecutive seasons.
Salah Adel on that Teddy Sherringam number from 1992/1993 to 1995/1996 and they are the only ones to have achieved it in the history of the Premier League.
The Egypt star’s hat-trick is his third in Liverpool’s jersey since his arrival in 2017.
He previously scored against Watford and Bournemouth in the Premier League as well.
The hat-trick is Salah’s fifth overall. He scored a hat-trick with Roma against Bologna and another with Egypt against Zimbabwe in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
And because the hat-trick came in the first round, it must be remembered that the former Basel player became the ninth player in history to score a hat-trick in the first round of the Premier League.
Salah’s hat-trick finally made him break the fifty-goal barrier for Liverpool at Anfield. He is now the fourth player in the former club’s history to reach this number, after Robbie Fowler (85 goals), Stephen Gerrard (69 goals) and Michael Owen (63 goals).
And since it is Mohamed Salah’s third hat-trick in the English Premier League, the 28-year-old has become the second longest-running African player to score a Premier League hat-trick.
Only Nigerian forward Yakubo and Everton, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and the former Blackburn player who scored a hat-trick four times in the Premier League are African players.
And finally. The former Arab Contractors player took another big step into the Hundred Club with Liverpool.
Salah reached goal 97 in the Liverpool jersey, and is just three goals away from entering the 100 club with his goals in various tournaments.
See also
Learn about Salah’s assessment against Leeds in English newspapers
Ajax legend: Koeman wants Salah in Barcelona
