Mohamed Salah wrote his name into the Liverpool history books on Wednesday night as he become the club’s fastest player to score 50 goals.
The Egyptian ace netted a brace at Anfield in the Champions League victory over Red Star Belgrade to reach his half-century in his 65th game for the Reds.
Mo Salah has joined a select group of Liverpool royalty after breaking more records in a Reds shirt
That’s less appearances than a host of Liverpool legends – well, all of them, obviously…
But that list of heroic and historic figures he has now eclipsed makes Salah’s feat look all the more impressive.
Take a look at the legendary players Salah has beaten as he has become the quickest player to net 50 goals in Liverpool history.
Albert Stubbins (77 games to reach 50 goals)
Albert Stubbins
The post-war star who was immortalised as one of the many faces on the cover of The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Centre-forward Stubbins was an Anfield hero in the period immediately after the Second World War.
He was prolific before he joined the Reds, scoring 232 goals in 190 games for Newcastle in the wartime period, and continued in the same vein on Merseyside.
He was part of the Reds side which won the First Division title in 1947, and scored a total of 83 goals in 178 Liverpool appearances.
Roger Hunt (79 games to reach 50 goals)
Roger Hunt scored for fun during his Liverpool career
‘Sir Roger’ is regarded as one of Liverpool’s greatest ever players.
The forward scored 285 goals in 492 appearances for Liverpool, winning two league titles in 1964 and 1966 and the FA Cup under legendary manager Bill Shankly.
He was part of the England squad which lifted the 1966 World Cup on home soil, playing in all six games and scoring three goals.
He also holds the distinction of scoring the first goal broadcast on BBC’s Match of the Day back in 1964 with a strike against Arsenal.
George Allan (81 games to reach 50 goals)
The Scot was a star of the Liverpool team of the late 19th century.
He first moved to Merseyside in 1895 and racked up 56 goals in 96 appearances over four years across two spells, having joined Celtic for one season before then returning to Anfield.
Allan’s life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis in October 1899.
Sam Raybould (81 games to reach 50 goals)
Raybould, who joined the Liverpool in 1900, will forever hold the record for being the first player to reach a century of goals for the club.
He moved to Liverpool from Merseyside neighbours New Brighton and overall he scored 129 goals in 226 matches.
He was part of the side which won Liverpool’s first championship title in 1901, but was never recognised with an England cap.
Fernando Torres (84 games to reach 50 goals)
Fernando Torres
‘El Nino’ moved to Anfield from Atletico Madrid in 2007, where he had come through the ranks and was a local hero.
He inherited the number nine shirt from Robbie Fowler and swiftly rose to be a fan favourite on Merseyside, becoming the first player since Fowler in the 1996/97 season to score more than 30 goals a season in his first campaign on Merseyside.
He left Liverpool for Chelsea for £50million on January transfer deadline day in 2011, but is still fondly remembered by many fans for his exploits in a Reds shirt.
Outside the top six
Ian Rush (87 games to reach 50 goals)
Ian Rush
Liverpool’s all-time record goalscorer and one of the most lethal finishers the English game has ever known.
Welsh icon Rush took on the mantle as Liverpool’s goalscorer-in-chief from Dalglish.
In total he scored 346 goals in 660 appearances for the club.
Michael Owen (93 games to reach 50 goals)
Michael Owen
A boy wonder for club and country, Owen’s searing pace and dribbling ability made him a nightmare for defenders on the domestic and international stage.
Owen scored on his Liverpool debut aged just 17 and never looked back, scoring 158 goals in 297 appearances for the Reds.
His 50th goal came in fairly low-key circumstances, a 2-1 League Cup defeat to Southampton in October 1999, and while many fans will never forgive him for later joining arch rivals Manchester United, there’s no doubting his place in the Liverpool history books.
Robbie Fowler (94 games to reach 50 goals)
Robbie Fowler
Known simply as ‘God’ to Reds fans, Fowler was another Anfield favourite for his predatory instinct around the goal.
The boyhood Everton fan was another product of the Melwood academy and another who scored on his debut aged just 18.
Fowler scored 183 goals in 369 appearances in a Liverpool shirt, with his 50th strike coming against Tottenham in August 1995.
Kenny Dalglish (102 games to reach 50 goals)
Kenny Dalglish
While Fowler is ‘God’, Dalglish is known as ‘King Kenny.’
The Scottish legend is worshipped by Liverpool fans for his achievements as a player and manager during the club’s glory years in the 1970s and 1980s.
He reached his half-century of goals in a win over Ipswich in March 1979 in what was his 102nd appearance for the club.
He went on to score 172 goals in 515 games for the Reds.
Billy Liddell (174 games to reach 50 goals)
Billy Liddell
The Scot scored 238 goals in 534 appearances for the Reds between 1946 and 1960.
But it took him 153 league games to reach the 50-goal mark, as he scored twice in a 4-0 win over Sunderland in August 1950.
The scorer of the Reds’ other two goals that day? One Albert Stubbins.
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