Mohammed Salah has once again entered the Premier League record books for his assist in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over West Ham United on Sunday.
The Reds moved a step closer to winning the Premier League title with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Hammers thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, and Virgil Van Dijk.
Fresh from signing a new deal on Friday, Salah assisted Diaz for the opening goal of the encounter in the 18th minute.
The assist was Salah’s 18th of the season with 27 goals in the Premier League to top the goal scorers chart.
He has now been directly involved in 45 Premier League goals this season (27 goals, 18 assists); a new record for a player in a 38-game season.
He beats the previous record set by Thierry Henry for Arsenal in 2002/03, and Erling Haaland in the 2022-23 season with 44 goal involvements.
The former Roma forward is now closing in on another record in the Premier League – the most assists in a season, the record is being held by Kevin De Bruyne, and Thierry Henry.
Salah is now only two behind both Arsenal’s Henry (2002/03) and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne (2019/20) for the most assists in a single Premier League season.
Liverpool coach, Arne Slot was full of praise for Salah for his impact in the encounter.
He said: “And Mo was, again, very important in the first goal and he was really lively in the first half, so I saw the Mo Salah again from most parts of the season.”
He also hailed the team’s mentality for snatching a late win over West Ham to move closer to winning their 20th Premier League title.
Slot said: “That is what we’ve done the whole season. After the disappointment of being knocked out by PSG (in the Champions League), we show up again, show up every three days, with this mentality.
“We don’t win games the easy way. The easy way is taking control of the ball, pass it around five times and we have a goal and the next goal and the next goal.
“If we achieve something this year, it’s mainly to do with the mentality the players have shown. That’s what you saw today as well.
“Very difficult second half, we needed Alisson because (Lucas) Paqueta and (Mohammed) Kudus were incredible the whole game.
“Then we conceded… with an own goal. How much more disappointment can you get after what happened last week? Getting the goal with Virgil shows you how much mentality these boys have.
Salah will be hoping to add to his tally ahead of the last six matches of the season.
Up next for Liverpool is a clash against Leicester City next Sunday at the King Power Stadium.
