Liverpool magician Mohamed Salah might write his name into another page of the Premier League annals when the Reds travel to meet Manchester City in Sunday's tantalising battle at the Etihad.
The Egypt international continues to lead the way in the race for both the Golden Boot and Playmaker Prize after providing yet another goal and assist in the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in midweek, the 10th Premier League game this season where he has both scored and set up a teammate.
In addition, Salah has had a direct hand in 13 goals in his previous Premier League matches versus Man City, and he could now overtake Steven Gerrard (14) as the player with the most goal contributions against the reigning champions in the competition.
The 32-year-old coming good would also help Liverpool keep Arsenal at bay at the summit of the Premier League table, and here, Sports Mole takes a deeper dive into Salah's record against Man City before Sunday's crunch clash.
Mohamed Salah record vs. Manchester City
Played: 22
Won: 8
Drawn: 6
Lost: 8
Goals: 12
Assists: 7
Including his forgettable stint at Chelsea, Mohamed Salah has already faced Manchester City on more than 20 occasions in all competitions, and the reigning Premier League champions are the winger's second-favourite opponent in terms of overall goal contributions.
Indeed, Salah has struck 12 goals and set up seven more in his 22 meetings with Man City for 19 direct involvements - his second-highest tally against a single team and the most in history against Pep Guardiola's Citizens - with Manchester United (21) being his outright favourite opponent.
In fact, only against the Red Devils (15) has Salah scored more goals against than Man City, while seven assists versus Guardiola's side is his joint-best versus a single team, identical to his tally against Brighton & Hove Albion.
All 12 of Salah's efforts against Man City have come in Liverpool colours, and the ex-Chelsea man is therefore the second-highest goalscorer in this fixture, just above Sir Kenny Dalglish and only behind Ian Rush's 15 strikes.
Salah's first taste of action against Man City came for Chelsea in the 2013-14 FA Cup, where he played 45 minutes of a 2-0 defeat to Manuel Pellegrini's side, and he would not take on the Citizens again until his debut season with Liverpool in the 2017-18 campaign.
During that sensational individual season, Salah bagged a goal and assist in a 4-3 Anfield triumph in the Premier League, before also contributing two goals and an assist to the Reds' 5-1 aggregate success in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Fast-forward to March 2024, and Salah had either scored or assisted in each of his last five games against Guardiola's team in all competitions before the 1-1 draw in that month, where he only earned 29 minutes off the bench amid his fitness troubles.
That blank broke Salah's run of directly contributing to a goal against Man City in the Premier League, having previously struck himself or laid on an assist in seven top-flight fixtures since a 4-0 crushing in July 2020.
However, Salah returned to his prolific ways against City in December 2024, setting up Cody Gakpo before striking again in a 2-0 success to take Liverpool 11 points clear of the reigning champions in the Premier League table. body check tags ::
