By turning in a 30-minute penalty and curling in a stunning second in the 75th on Saturday, Salah moved past Chelsea legend Frank Lampard to take the top spot in the all-time Premier League scoring chart.
The Egyptian international’s contract expires at the end of the season and currently has 21 goals in what could be his most successful Premier League appearance for Liverpool.
It is the fifth time the club has scored 20 or more league goals in a single season.
It put an end to Bournemouth’s 11-game unbeaten run in the league, leaving Liverpool with a nine-point lead over second-place Arsenal and third-place Forest, who bounced back from a 5-0 defeat last weekend at Bournemouth by defeating Brighton for their heaviest victory in the Premier League era.
With a top four or five finish, Chris Wood’s hat-trick for Forest ensures that they are on track to advance to Europe next season and possibly even the Champions League.
Arsenal will attempt to close the six-point gap with Liverpool when they play Manchester City on Sunday.
Wood strengthens Forest’s European ambitions
With his hat-trick, New Zealand international Wood, 33, added 17 goals to his tally for the most successful Premier League season of his career, only trailing Erling Haaland (18) and Salah (21) in the pursuit of the Golden Boot.
Third-place Forest, which is a surprise in the Premier League this season and moved on 47 points with Arsenal, scored from an own-goal by Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams, and Jota Silva, who also scored.
“What a difference a week can make”, Wood said, referring to Forest’s heavy loss at Bournemouth. “Last week wasn’t us. We were undoubtedly today.
Forest battled last season to avoid being dropped, but the club now has a good chance of making it to the top, where it was when it won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980.
Everton score their Premier League goal at the quickest pace.
Abdoulaye Doucoure scored the fourth-fastest goal in Premier League history — after just 10.18 seconds, according to the competition’s statistic supplier, Opta — to set Everton on course for a 4-0 win over Leicester.
Jordan Pickford, the goalkeeper, returned the ball after the kickoff, who drilled a long clearance in the direction of Doucoure. The midfielder stepped up and headed home.
It was the earliest Everton has ever scored in the Premier League, the fourth-fastest goal in the competition’s history, and the quickest ever by a home player
For newly hired Everton manager David Moyes, who is enjoying a successful first season in charge, Beto scored twice in the first half and Iliman Ndiaye added a late fourth.
10: 18 – Everton’s opener was the fourth-fastest goal in Premier League history (00: 10: 18 seconds), and the quickest ever scored by a home team in the competition. Blistering. pic. twitter.com/AXpRjZzkuz
After winning at Tottenham, Leicester was feeling less pressure on manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Source: Aljazeera
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