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Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah once again led the team to victory. He even achieved his first record in the English Premier League (EPL).
Liverpool won 5-0 in the 19th round of the EPL in the 2024-2025 season against West Ham at London Stadium in London, England on the 30th (Korea time). Liverpool (45 points) have won three consecutive league games again, widening the gap with their chasing teams. The gap with Nottingham Forest (37 points), which has played one more game, is also a whopping eight points. It's a perfect run with no losses since September 14.
The hero of the victory was definitely ace Salah. Salah contributed the most to his team's victory with one goal and two assists in the game. He added help by helping Cody Gakpo score in the 40th minute of the first half with a 1-0 lead. The individual skills that drilled between the legs of two defenders in the box stood out. He also scored in the 44th minute of the first half. Low and fast left footed shot into the corner of West Ham's goal. Added help with a huge dribble. In the 39th minute of the second half, he drove the ball directly from the half line and beat four defenders. He poked a pass to Diogo Jota in the box. Jota's shot shook the net as it was. If Salah had put it in himself, it would have been an overwhelming performance to the point that he was nominated for the 'Puskas Award'.
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He even wrote a record of the game on that day. In the match against Tottenham on the 23rd, he achieved the first EPL Christmas '10 goals and 10 assists' with 15 goals and 11 assists. In this game, he was named the first EPL player to score both goals and assists in eight games in a single season. Salah also reached the 30-point mark with 17 goals and 30 assists in 18 games. He is ranked first in both scoring and helping. He is also maintaining a gap with second-ranked Erling Holan (14). The assist is that second-place Bukayo Saka (10), who is expected to be absent for a long time after injury, has no competitor. He can win the Golden Boot and Playmaker Awards for the second time in his career since the 2021-2022 season. Four players, including Salah, have won the EPL's Help and Scoring Championship. However, no player has done it twice. If Salah makes it this season, it could be the first EPL record.
Salah, who is dominating the EPL stage even though he was born in 1992, contrasted with Son Heung-min, who played on the same day. Son Heung-min missed a penalty kick in the 19th round of the EPL against the Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 30th. Tottenham, which overturned the 1-1 match despite Son Heung-min's penalty with Brennan Johnson's come-from-behind goal, allowed an equalizer at the end of the second half. This was the result of Son Heung-min's miss feeling more painful. Son Heung-min scored five goals and six assists in the league. However, criticism of the performance has been steadily coming out.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
