Mohamed Salah broke a 17-year-old record. No Premier League star has scored more goals in Europe. How did Ronaldo do?

Liverpool beat Toulouse on Thursday and scored another important win. Moreover, Mohamed Salah confirmed his status as a legend and a phenomenal footballer by breaking a 17-year-old record.

After Thursday’s demolition of Toulouse, the news was more about Darwin Núñez, who wasted a huge opportunity outside the box. His more famous teammate and club legend Mohamed Salah deserves much more attention.

The Egyptian star scored another accurate goal, confirming his importance to the Anfield Road side. This season alone, the Liverpool idol has already scored 9 goals and 4 assists in 12 matches across all competitions.

Had Salah not scored against Toulouse, not so much would have happened. After all, it was only in the second half that he adjusted the score to the final 5-1, but his goal is important from another perspective.

It broke a 17-year-old record held by Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. He is still the top scorer for an English club in the European Cup. But that is now in the past.

Salah has set an impressive record

Thierry Henry made his mark as a club legend in an Arsenal jersey before his departure to Barcelona. To this day, he is still regarded as one of the best footballers, not just of his generation. And no wonder.

He scored a solid 42 goals for the Gunners in European cup competitions. For 17 long years, that was enough to make him the top goalscorer for English clubs. But now Mohamed Salah has surpassed him.

The Liverpool icon has 43 goals across European cups. He scored 41 of them in the Champions League, the other two in this season’s Europa League.

In total, Salah has played 317 games for the Reds with 195 goals and 83 assists. He is definitely one of the best players in the club’s history and an indelible legend.

How is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already been rocking Europe in a Manchester United jersey, you ask? During his two engagements at Old Trafford, he scored 23 goals in European Cups, according to Transfermarkt, 21 of which were in the Champions League and the remaining 2 in the Europa League. It is worth noting that qualifying matches are not counted in the statistics.

Source: UEFA, Transfermarkt