Mohamed Salah just set new Premier League record to show Liverpool needs another Diogo Jota

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Mohamed Salah extended his advantage at the top of an all-time Premier League leaderboard against Arsenal on Saturday, but it points to an issue for Liverpool.

Arsenal made one of the most impressive starts you're likely to see from a visiting team in a big game at Anfield on Saturday, and took the lead inside four minutes as Gabriel headed home a free-kick at the Kop end. Liverpool's unbeaten record against the big six in front of their home crowd, stretching all the way back to a 1-0 defeat against Manchester United in January 2016 (Jürgen Klopp's first season at the helm), appeared to be under threat.

This stadium, however, belongs to Mohamed Salah, and he was quick to remind Arsenal of that. Heading into kick-off, he'd been involved in 120 Premier League goals in 119 games in L4, the joint-most of any player in the club's history alongside Steven Gerrard. Just before the hour mark, he moved into the outright lead, blitzing past Oleksandr Zinchenko after receiving Trent Alexander-Arnold's long pass and then slamming the ball past David Raya in what was one of the best of his 16 goals this season.

This wasn't the only piece of history Salah made by hauling Liverpool level, though. He also became the first player to score 10 goals against Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City in the Premier League (via Squawka), a testament to his status as the ultimate big-game player. Indeed, he's now netted 51 times against the 'big six' in his career, three more than second-place Jamie Vardy and considerably clear of Harry Kane (42). Cristiano Ronaldo comes in fourth on 36, and then there's former teammate Sadio Mané on 31.

In fact, four of Salah's five favorite opponents, going by volume of goals, are member of the big six. He's been most prolific against United (12), followed by City and Spurs (11), and then Arsenal (10). West Ham (11) is the odd one out after he came off the bench to net in Wednesday's 5-1 Carabao Cup rout.


SOURCE: LIVERPOOL