Mohamed Salah: Liverpool striker scores 50th European goal for the Reds

Another day, another goal from Mohamed Salah and another win for Liverpool.

The Egyptian forward has now scored three Champions League goals this season and made 22 appearances in 31 games in all competitions.

He has also set up another 17 goals for teammates and his total of 39 goal involvements is the most of any player in Europe’s five big leagues.

His latest goal put Liverpool on the way to victory against Lille and securing their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

It was a careless finish as he latched onto a brilliant ball from Curtis Jones and lifted the onrushing Lucas Chevalier.

It was his 50th goal in Europe for Liverpool – 44 in the Champions League, five in last season’s Europa League and one in Champions League qualifying.

His latest strike extended his record as the club’s leading European goalscorer and he has now scored 20 Champions League goals at Anfield.

Former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (23 at the Etihad Stadium) and former Manchester United forward Ruud van Nistelrooy (23 at Old Trafford) are the only players to score more goals in the competition at a specific position for the English team.

“Salah always has a smile on his face but it’s the belief in himself that he will score,” former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

“That’s what makes him so dangerous. That’s the typical mentality of a player of his caliber.”

He has been directly involved in 18 goals in 15 appearances at Anfield this season (10 goals, eight assists in all competitions).

“He’s a real talisman for Liverpool,” said former Reds striker Robbie Fowler on Amazon Prime.

“He’s a game winner. He’s very comfortable in front of goal.”

“He is one of those players that if he misses a chance, he is not disappointed because the next chance he will score.

“We talk lyrically about Mohamed Salah and what he is capable of.”