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Mohamed Salah will rise above Ian Rush on Liverpool’s top European scorers list if he finds the net against Ajax tonight.
The number 11 is currently in third place with Rush with 20 goals in Europe for the club, and only Michael Owen (22) and Steven Gerrard (41) have recorded more.
To Salah, who reached the 100 goal mark overall for the Reds last Saturday, just 35 appearances to score 20 times in the Champions League.
For more pre-game facts and figures from LFC statistician Ged Rea, read on …
This will be the first meeting between Liverpool and Ajax since the 1966-67 season, when the Dutch were left with 7-3 winners on aggregate in the second round of the European Cup.
2020-21 marks the Reds’ 45th campaign in European competition and 25th in the European Cup / Champions League
Liverpool’s next goal will be the 250th in the Champions League era
This will be the Reds’ first game against a Dutch team since 2010
Liverpool are undefeated in their last 13 matches against Dutch clubs, since their defeat to Ajax in 1966.
Roberto Firmino’s next appearance in Europe will be his 50th with the club: he has played in 49 of Jürgen Klopp’s 50 European games in charge of the Reds.
