There is something about the start of a new Premier League season, when confronted by fresh challenges and different opponents, that coaxes the best out of Mohamed Salah.
Wembley may have become his Kryptonite, as zero goals and assists in his past eight visits suggests, but the onset of another campaign has tended to bring with it a sense of inevitability.
No other player in the competition’s history has left a bigger mark on the opening weekend than the Egypt attacker, whose tally of nine goals across eight Liverpool games means he has usurped Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard. Salah is where he likes to be: staring down at the rest.
Salah scored 29 Premier League goals last term but will have to adjust to new personnel this season
His record translates to a goal every 78 minutes and maintaining that run against Bournemouth on Friday would not only settle the forward down after an uncharacteristically slapdash build-up but also ease Arne Slot’s workload.
