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Mohamed Salah underlined his enduring importance to Liverpool by stepping up with a stoppage-time penalty to beat Burnley and preserve the Reds’ perfect start to the season. The Egyptian coolly converted after Hannibal Mejbri was adjudged to have handled in the area, firing home his second goal of the campaign and ensuring Anfield celebrated another late winner.

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00:00Mohamed Salah underlined his enduring importance to Liverpool by stepping up with a stoppage
00:07time penalty to beat Burnley and preserve the Reds' perfect start to the season.
00:14The Egyptian coolly converted after Hannibal Medjbri was a judge to have handled it in
00:18the area, firing home his second goal of the campaign and ensuring slot side celebrated
00:24another late winner.
00:27This was not just another vital strike in the moment, it carried major historical weight.
00:32The goal was Salah's 188th in the Premier League, lifting him to outright fourth place on the
00:37all-time scoring list.
00:40In doing so, he moved one clear of Manchester United icon Andy Cole and set his sights on
00:46Wayne Rooney, who sits third with 208 goals.
00:50Harry Kane now at Bayern Munich is on 2-13, while Alan Shearer's 2-60 remains the long-standing
00:55benchmark.
00:57This Burnley strike also added a slice of Liverpool history.
01:00Salah's successful penalty was his 35th in the league for the club, etching him ahead
01:05of Billy Liddell's long-term standing record of 34 and making him the Reds' all-time leading
01:11scorer from the spot in the top flight.
01:13That telly reflects both his longevity and remarkable consistency since arriving on Merseyside in
01:202017.
01:23Beyond the records, the Burnley game offered a snapshot of Liverpool's campaign so far.
01:28Control of possession, flashes of attacking intent, but a reliance on late interventions
01:33to get over the line.
01:35Arnie Slot's side remain unbeaten, yet the margins have been fine.
01:39With Salah once again the difference maker when it mattered most.
01:43Next up is Liverpool's return to the Champions League as they face Atletico Madrid before the
01:49season's first Merseyside derby against Everton at Anfield and those matches present further
01:55opportunities for Salah to enhance his legend status.
01:58Whether or not he can threaten Shearer's all-time record, the Egyptian has already written himself
02:04into the story of English football climbing above some of the Premier League's greatest
02:10names and cementing his own place among them.
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