Mohamed Salah arrived at Anfield in the summer of 2017 for £36.9 million. Nine years on, he leaves as the club’s third-highest goalscorer in history and the all-time leading foreign scorer in Premier League history. His decision to depart at the end of the 2025-26 season, following a well-documented breakdown in his relationship with Arne Slot, brings an end to one of English football’s great individual careers. Those wanting to follow his final appearances before he goes can browse the top flight match odds and accas for his remaining games. He has been a Liverpool legend in the fullest sense of the word, and before he goes, here are 10 of his greatest moments in red.
Debut goal at Watford (August 2017)
It did not take long for Salah to secure himself as one of the club’s great goalscorers. Salah scored on his Premier League debut for Liverpool in a 3-3 draw at Vicarage Road, and while the game itself was chaotic, his contribution was a sign of what was coming. He had barely unpacked his bags before he was writing himself into the story.
The Merseyside derby stunner (December 2017)
Salah’s first Merseyside derby produced one of the goals of his career. Collecting the ball in the area, he spun away from his marker and curled a shot into the far top corner past Jordan Pickford to give Liverpool a 1-0 win. It won the 2018 FIFA Puskas Award for the most beautiful goal in world football, beating Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. A debut Merseyside derby, a Puskas Award. Not a bad combination.
Four goals against Watford (March 2018)
The 5-0 win over Watford at Anfield in March 2018 belongs almost entirely to Salah. He scored four and assisted the other, producing the kind of one-man performance that leaves defenders looking at each other wondering what just happened. His third goal, improvised after he held off a pack of defenders before prodding the ball in, was the pick of them. It announced him to English football as something genuinely different.
The solo goal against Manchester City (October 2021)
Liverpool and City drew 2-2 at Anfield in October 2021, but the result was secondary to what Salah produced. Picking up the ball on the right, he twisted past Joao Cancelo, slipped inside Bernardo Silva and finished with a precision that left Ederson with no chance. In a season full of stunning goals, it stood apart. It won Premier League Goal of the Month and has since become one of the most replayed moments of his career.
Hat-trick at Old Trafford (October 2021)
The same season brought one of Liverpool’s most emphatic results away from home in years. Salah scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 destruction of Manchester United at Old Trafford, becoming the first visiting player in Premier League history to score three in a single game at the ground. He was unplayable that day, and United had no answer.
Reaching 100 Premier League goals for Liverpool (September 2021)
Salah brought up his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool in a 3-3 draw at Brentford, reaching the milestone in 151 games, one fewer than Roger Hunt took to score a century of league goals for the club. In the context of Liverpool’s history, that comparison tells you everything about what Salah has achieved.
The Alisson assist and the title run-in (February 2020)
In a 2-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield during Liverpool’s title-winning season, goalkeeper Alisson Becker launched a long throw that sent Salah clear through midfield. He ran the length of the pitch and finished past David de Gea. The Kop erupted. In the context of Liverpool’s first league title in 30 years, it was one of those moments supporters will still be talking about long after Salah has gone.
Surpassing Robbie Fowler’s record in the 7-0 demolition of Manchester United (March 2023)
Salah scored twice in the 7-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield to move past Robbie Fowler’s record of 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool and become the club’s all-time leading scorer in the competition. The record fell in a result that will live long in the memory of Liverpool supporters, and of Manchester United supporters for very different reasons.
The record-breaking 2024-25 season
Salah’s final full season at Liverpool was the most productive of his career. He registered 47 goal involvements, 29 goals and 18 assists, breaking the previous record of 44 set jointly by Thierry Henry and Erling Haaland for a 38-game Premier League season. He won the Golden Boot, the Golden Playmaker and the PFA Players’ Player of the Year for a record third time. He also became the first player in Premier League history to claim all three of those awards in the same campaign. Liverpool won the title. It was as complete a final season as any player could ask for.
281 direct goal involvements: the greatest in the competition’s history
More than any individual moment, the number that defines Salah’s Premier League career is 281. That is his total of direct goal contributions for Liverpool in the Premier League, more than any player has ever recorded for a single club in the history of the division. He overtook Wayne Rooney’s record of 276 for Manchester United in December 2024. He built that record over eight years, through injuries, contract disputes and managerial changes. No Liverpool player, no matter how good, will find it easy to get close to it.
