Before this season, the record for G/A (goals and assists) in a Premier League season held by Thierry Henry (44 in the 2002-2003 season). Mohamed Salah has now broken this record with 46 G/A despite only reaching round 34 of the 2024-2025 Premier League. There are still 4 more matches for "Egyptianharaoh" to improve their achievements.
This season, Salah and Van Dijk are the two players with the most minutes in the Premier League (excluding the goalkeeper). They are preparing to reach the 3,000-minute mark in the context of their physical strength still being able to cope comfortably.
Salah has now been involved in 58% of Liverpool's goals as of round 34. In terms of similar influence, only Alan Shearer in the 1994-1995 season (champion of Blackburn Rovers) has achieved it.
Salah has a higher percentage of involvement in goals for the team than Thierry Henry (2003-2004), Cristiano Ronaldo (2007-2008), Didier Drogba (2009 2010), Sergio Agüero (2011-2012) and Erling Haaland (2023-2024). These are all seasons when these stars become the main characters in the brilliant achievements of the teams.
When Alan Shearer and Blackburn won the Premier League in the 1994-1995 season, he had 47 G/A. However, at that time, the tournament had 42 rounds. Salah now has 46 G/A in just 34 games and the chance to get past Shearer is within reach. If we calculate the percentage of goals compared to the whole team, Shearer, Henry, Ronaldo and Haaland can be better than Salah, but the Egyptian striker is much better in assisting.
Salah's first season with Liverpool, he scored 32 goals in the Premier League but only had 10 assists. At the age of 33, Salah has scored 28 goals in 34 rounds but has had 18 assists. The Egyptian star no longer often uses speed to penetrate the opponent's defense. He chose to attract the attention of the opponent's defense, then create opportunities for his teammates.
"He has found a balance between scoring and assisting. There was a time when Salah and Mane were tense about who would score. Gradually, Salah realized that to become great, he had to contribute more to the overall achievements of the club. Fortunately, Salah did that very well, said former coach Arsene Wenger.
There are few players who have both scored and assisted as well as Salah. Both of these indicators of the Egyptian striker are far ahead of their opponents in the tournament. It is not ruled out that the 32-year-old star will take the entire title of the PFA and FWA pairs at the end of this season.
If there is a slight warning for Salah, it is that the number of goals on the penalty spot is quite large. Since the beginning of the season, he has scored 9 goals on the 11m mark. Those penalties have reduced Salah's expected goals (xG) from 0.72 to 0.51 per 90 minutes.
One of the reasons Salah has flourished this season despite not being as energetic as before is Trent Alexander-Arnold. This season, the English defender has made 256 passes to Salah in the Premier League as of round 34 out of 456 between the two.
Alexander-Arnold is Salah's top receiver, which is not too surprising because they play on the same wing and with the same attacking philosophy. If Alexander-Arnold leaves the team, someone else will play the crutch in this position and can still provide Salah with the ball regularly. However, whether the quality of those passes is like Alexander-Arnold or not is something Liverpool have to calculate very carefully.
Alexander-Arnold's importance is also shown in the statistics on the number of opportunities created for Salah. Dominik Szoboszlai leads with 16 chances, Luis Diaz has created 15 passes while Alexander-Arnold has 13. Therefore, if Alexander-Arnold comes to Real Madrid this summer, Liverpool must find a worthy replacement.
