“He is phenomenal. For sure, at the moment, he is the best player in the world.”
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp may well be biased, but he has had a front-row seat to witness the incredible form of forward Mohamed Salah – and the Egypt international could grab yet another record very soon.
If the 29-year-old scores or registers an assist in Thursday’s home game against 19th-placed Newcastle – a side he has never failed to score against at Anfield – then Salah will have equalled Jamie Vardy’s record of scoring or creating a goal in 15 consecutive Premier League matches.
But records are nothing new for the incredible Salah.
In October he became the first Liverpool man to score in nine successive games and the hat-trick against Manchester United in the following match left him as the highest-scoring African player in Premier League history, overtaking Didier Drogba’s mark of 104 goals.
These records can be added on to a whole heap of historical achievements in the red of Liverpool.
His 32 goals in 2017-18 remains the highest in a 38-game Premier League season, he is Liverpool’s all-time Champions League top goalscorer (33) and became the fastest foreign player to tally 100 goal involvements in the Premier League, to name just a few.
Source: BBC