New Achievement for Salah at Liverpool

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored his 50th Premier League goal to inspire a 4-3 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday; the milestone seeing the Egyptian becoming joint-fourth quickest player to reach the landmark in the history of the competition.

Jurgen Klopp’s side was behind at half-time on Salah’s 72nd Premier League appearance before he prodded home number 49 on the volley to make it 1-1.

The former Chelsea FC man then capitalized upon an error from Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni to put Liverpool 3-2 ahead 15 minutes from time. Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane scored the other goals.

According to stats provided by Opta, Andy Cole has the quickest to a Premier League half-century, reaching the landmark after 65 appearances-one fewer than Alan Shearer and three better than another Manchester United hero, Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Salah is the joint-fasted Liverpool player to 50, level with Fernando Torres, while ex-Anfield favorite Luis Suarez now rounds out the top 10.

NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 03: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Mohamed Salah of Liverpool with Kalidou Koulibaly of Napoli during the Group C match of the UEFA Champions League between SSC Napoli and Liverpool at Stadio San Paolo on October 3, 2018 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Fewest matches to score 50 Premier League goals

  1. Luis Suarez (86)
  2. Diego Costa (85)
  3. Kevin Phillips (83)
  4. Thierry Henry (83)
  5. Sergio Aguero (81)
  6. Fernando Torres (72)
  7. Mohamed Salah (72)

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