Liverpool's Salah enters Premier League's top 10 goalscorers' list after Arsenal strike
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Liverpool could be without Mohamed Salah for a month, with their superstar forward representing Egypt at the imminent Africa Cup of Nations (Credit: IMAGO)

Liverpool's Salah enters Premier League's top 10 goalscorers' list after Arsenal strike

Ayoola Kelechi 22:27 - 23.12.2023

Egyptian legend Mohamed Salah continues to break ground in the Premier League after becoming one of the league's greats with his goal against Arsenal

Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah has etched his name into the Premier League history books after his stunning goal against Arsenal in a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

Salah enters Premier League record books

Salah scored Liverpool’s equaliser against the Gunners after ghosting past Oliksander Zinchenko and sending a rocket of a shot into the top corner to pull his side level in the 29th minute.

The goal helped Liverpool earn a point against Arsenal in a tense and exhilarating affair and also put Salah in the pantheon of Premier League stars.

With his goal against Arsenal, Salah entered the top 10 highest goalscorers in Premier League history, eclipsing fellow Liverpool great Michael Owen.

Salah shows class with Arsenal goal

Salah has now scored 151 goals in the Premier League, beating the likes of Owen, Teddy Sheringham, Dwight Yorke, and Robin van Persie, and sits 10th on the all-time top scorers’ list.

Salah celebrates scoring against Arsenal | Imago
Salah celebrates scoring against Arsenal | Imago

In addition to becoming the 10th-highest goalscorer in Premier League history, Salah also showed his penchant for showing up on big occasions with another milestone.

With his goal against Arsenal, Salah became the first player in Premier League history to score 10 goals against the Gunners, Manchester United, and Manchester City.

Top 10 goal scorers in Premier League history

Salah is now only 12 goals away from the ninth-highest goalscorer, Jermaine Defoe, and 13 goals away from fellow Liverpool great Robbie Fowler.

Alan Shearer – The Premier League's Ultimate Striker | Imago
Alan Shearer – The Premier League's Ultimate Striker | Imago

Alan Shearer, on 260 goals, still tops the list of Premier League goalscorers and will be confident of retaining his place at the zenith of the list after Harry Kane, who has scored 213 times in the Premier League, left England for German giants Bayern Munich.

Harry Kane, the new Bundesliga King. (Photo Credit: Bayern/X)
Harry Kane, the new Bundesliga King. (Photo Credit: Bayern/X)

All the other players on the top 10 Premier League goalscorers’ list apart from Kane and Salah, including Wayne Rooney, who is third, Andy Cole, Sergio Aguero, and Frank Lampard, who are fourth to sixth, as well as Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who is seventh.

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