EPL: Salah sets new record, surpasses Lampard, Rooney, Shearer

EPL: Salah sets new record, surpasses Lampard, Rooney, Shearer

Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, on Saturday set a new Premier League record as he surpassed the likes of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer after scoring a goal against Ipswich Town.

Salah registered an assist and also scored a goal as Liverpool defeated Ipswich Town 2-0 in their Premier League opener at Portman Road.

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The goal against Ipswich Town was Salah’s ninth goal on the opening day of the Premier League.

It took the Egyptian past Lampard, Rooney and Shearer – all with a total of eight match-day 1 goals during their respective careers, AS reports.

The eight seasons that Salah has spent at Anfield, he has scored on the first game of the league in seven.

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The only time the 32-year-old failed to do so was last season’s opener against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

EPL: Salah sets new record, surpasses Lampard, Rooney, Shearer

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