Mohamed Salah on Saturday moved past former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on the Premier League all-time top scorers chart, Afrosport reports.
Salah scored twice as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium to end the Cherries’ 11-game unbeaten record in the league and increase theirs to 19 matches.
Mohamed Salah’s brace extends @LFC‘s lead at the top to NINE points! 🔴👊 pic.twitter.com/sBxmAJgs6i
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 1, 2025
He opened the scoring from the penalty spot on the half-hour mark, finding the bottom corner for his 20th league goal of the season after Cody Gakpo was brought down in the Bournemouth box.
The Egyptian has now scored at least 20 goals in a single Premier League campaign five times, tying Thierry Henry, and is just two of such seasons away from Alan Shearer.
The former Fiorentina and Roma forward got his second in the 74th minute with a beautiful curling effort into the top corner, leaving Kepa Arrizabalaga helpless.
His brace, however, took his Premier League tally to 178 goals in 286 appearances, surpassing Lampard, who scored 177 goals in 611 games, to sit fifth in the all-time scorers list.
Mo Salah. Unstoppable 😤 pic.twitter.com/XhvvSRJODc
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 1, 2025
The Liverpool No. 11 is now 82 goals behind all-time leading scorer Alan Shearer (260 goals) and will set his sights on passing former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (184 goals) next.
Salah currently leads the league in goals (21) and assists (31), and Liverpool moved one step closer to securing their second Premier League title as they extended their lead at the top to nine points.
