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Salah sets record with opening-weekend goal at Ipswich

17 Aug 2024
Ipswich Town FC v Liverpool FC - Premier League

Liverpool's Egyptian scores ninth goal in Matchweek 1 history to move ahead of Lampard, Rooney and Shearer

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Mohamed Salah set a Premier League record when he scored to make it 2-0 to Liverpool in the 65th minute at Ipswich Town.

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The Egyptian’s strike that helped to seal the win at Portman Road was his ninth on the opening weekend of a Premier League season, taking him above a group of legends.

Salah went into the match in Suffolk alongside Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer on eight goals in Matchweek 1.

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Jamie Vardy moved level with that trio of legends in Monday's match, scoring his eighth Matchweek 1 goal with his headed equaliser in Leicester City's 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

Most goals in Matchweek 1 history
Player MW1 goals
Mohamed Salah 9
Frank Lampard 8
Wayne Rooney 8
Alan Shearer 8
Jamie Vardy 8
Teddy Sheringham 7
Sergio Aguero 7
First Iraqi in the Premier League

Another small piece of history was made in the match when Ali Al-Hamadi came on in the 74th minute for Ipswich to become the first Iraqi player to appear in the competition.

Ali Al-Hamadi takes the ball down for Ipswich

His family fled Iraq at the start of the century when it was at war and Al-Hamadi was one year old. By coincidence, his family went to live in Liverpool, where he grew up. 

In making his appearance, he took the number of nations represented in the 32 years of the Premier League to 124. 

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