The Egypt international has been at the centre of a protracted contract saga ever since the season kicked off, but he has not allowed the off-field turmoil to impact his excellence on it. Salah was bidding to score for the eighth Premier League game running this weekend, although his hopes of continuing his hot streak suffered a devastating blow early doors. After Andreas Pereira opened the scoring for Marco Silva 's side in terrific fashion, Liverpool went down to 10 when Andy Robertson was given a straight red card for a last-man foul on ex-Reds man Harry Wilson .
However, Arne Slot 's depleted side were not without their opportunities to restore parity, and straight after the restart, Salah produced another moment of pure brilliance for his latest direct goal involvement. © Imago The 32-year-old found himself on the right half-space just outside the Fulham box, and he found the run of Cody Gakpo with an unbelievable inswinging cross to the back stick, where his Dutch colleague did the rest. In doing so, Salah registered his 100th assist for Liverpool across all competitions, taking just over seven years to bring up a century of helpers since joining the Reds from Roma in 2017.
In that time, only three players in Europe's top five leagues have posted more assists than Salah - Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne (132), Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller (118) and Barcelona's Lionel Messi (108). Thirteen of Salah's 100 assists have been recorded in the 2024-25 season, during which .
