Liverpool ended 2024 with a bang as Arne Slot’s facet stormed to a 5-0 Premier League win away at West Ham.
The Reds have now opened up an eight-point hole on the prime of the desk over Nottingham Forest, with rivals Chelsea and Arsenal each in motion within the coming days.
Liverpool brushed the Hammers apart in ruthless model, with Luiz Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and substitute Diogo Jota all on course.
Salah continued his excellent kind on the highway on the London Stadium with a purpose and two assists, bringing his Premier League tally as much as 17 and 13 respectively in each metrics.
He has been concerned in 30 objectives in simply 18 Premier League video games this season, the fewest appearances any participant has wanted to achieve 30 purpose involvements in a single marketing campaign within the competitors.
Salah has each scored and assisted in eight completely different Premier League video games for Liverpool, already essentially the most any participant has performed so in a single marketing campaign within the competitors.
The Egyptian has additionally scored 20+ objectives in all competitions in all eight of his seasons with Liverpool.
Amongst Premier League gamers (since 1992-93), solely Alan Shearer (10) and Harry Kane (9) have had extra 20+ purpose campaigns than the Liverpool ahead.
Regardless of the hypothesis over his future at Anfield, Salah is pleased to steer Liverpool’s title tilt in 2025, however he’s taking nothing without any consideration at this stage of the marketing campaign.
“The one factor on my thoughts is I need Liverpool to win the league and I need to be a part of that,” he instructed Sky Sports activities at full-time.
“I’ll do my finest for the staff to win the league trophy. There are a number of different groups catching up with us, and we have to keep targeted and humble and go once more.”
Salah’s kind will probably be crucial to Liverpool’s possibilities of securing their second-ever Premier League title in 2025.
Nonetheless, he confirmed no progress has been made on an ongoing contract extension dialogue, as he strikes into the ultimate six months of his present deal in January.
Liverpool now have the bonus of an prolonged break earlier than their first sport of 2025 towards Manchester United subsequent Sunday.