Salah breaks record set by former Chelsea star

Liverpool football star and Egypt international Mohammed Salah has broken a record set by former Chelsea star Didier Drogba.

This comes after Liverpool defeated Leeds United in a 6-0 scoreline in the EPL.

Salah scored three times against, with one of them coming after a great pass from Joel Matip in between his two penalty goals at Anfield.

The three goals scored by toys Egyptian means he has scored 19 goals and created ten assists in 24 Premier League games this season, and now had a direct hand in a continental record of 160 goals in the English top flight.

The record revealed that Chelsea’s Drogba was the topper in that category for African players with 159, and Salah has now surpassed him, having played 72 fewer matches than the former Chelsea talisman.

The 29-year-old has also moved above Michael Owen into third place in the Anfield Premier League goalscoring charts with 65 – four behind Steven Gerrard and 20 off record holder Robbie Fowler.

In another report, Liverpool have closed in on EPL leaders Manchester City with three points after Wednesday’s 6-0 win.