Is Mohamed Salah the best player of all time to represent a Premier League club in the UEFA Champions League? The African superstar is closing in on a record that suggests he could be.
Click through the gallery above to see five incredible records Salah already holds at Liverpool!
Apart from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, most footballers only earn their recognition after they have retired from the sport. Salah, though, deserves to be appreciated in the present.
Heading into the first leg of Liverpool's UCL semi-final clash against Villarreal on Wednesday night, the Egyptian is closing in on a record that, if he does indeed break it in future, will separate him from any other EPL player that has starred in Europe's elite club competition.
The winger has struck 36 times in the Champions League so far, with 33 of those goals coming for the Reds. This means he needs just four more strikes to become the leading goalscorer of all time for a single English club in the tournament.
According to Sports Mole, Salah is chasing the record jointly held by Sergio Aguero and Didier Drogba, who scored 36 goals for Manchester City and Chelsea, respectively, in the competition.
Liverpool vs Villarreal
The Egypt international will be determined to achieve success for the second time in the Champions League this season, but overcoming Unai Emery's Villarreal will be no easy feat.
The Yellow Submarine advanced to the last four following a shock aggregate win over Bayern Munich in the previous round, a tie in which the LaLiga side was praised for its organisation and discipline.
Salah, however, might feel confident he and his colleagues will be too strong for Villarreal, with the Reds still capable of claiming a quadruple this season, having already won the 2021/22 Carabao Cup earlier in this campaign.
