The Egyptian forward was at his awesome best once more against Bournemouth, with a stunning performance seeing him close in on the Barcelona talisman.
Mohamed Salah is back in the groove for Liverpool, with only Lionel Messi having managed more league goals across Europe’s leading divisions since the start of last season.
The Egyptian forward was at his awesome best during the Premier League clash with Bournemouth on Saturday.
He headed into that fixture without a goal in his previous three appearances across all competitions.
Salah was very much in the mood against the Cherries, though, and helped himself to another matchball.
His first of the afternoon took him to 40 Premier League goals for Liverpool since signing in the summer of 2017.
He then bagged a second, as he pulled clear of Harry Kane on 39 in the European standings, before completing his hat-trick with a composed third.
The treble against Bournemouth means that he now has 42 league goals to his name.
Only Barcelona talisman Messi can claim to have a better that return over the same period of time.
The mercurial Argentine has netted 43 times in La Liga.
Among those trailing in Salah’s wake are Edinson Cavani (38), Mauro Icardi (37), Cristiano Ronaldo (36) and Robert Lewandowski (36).
He is also the first Liverpool player to score an away hat-trick in the Premier League since Luis Suarez v Cardiff in March 2014. Clinical.
Gabrieljackson
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a defender fouls Salah and he still goes on to score neymar jr right now
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Here come the comparisons to Messi and Ronaldo again. Oh boy.... I like Salah but the end of last season was one of the most annoying hearing every day that Salah is as good as Ronaldo and Messi....