Mohamed Salah, the star of the national team, continued his hobby of setting records, after he scored a goal in Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over Milan in the opening matches of the two teams in the Champions League group stage, raising his score to 30 goals in the prestigious championship in his 100th match with the Reds. At Anfield.
Salah strengthened his position among the top scorers of the African continent in the European Champions League by equalizing the number of goals from Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, the former Barcelona and Inter star, with 30 goals, other than 4 goals scored by the Egyptian international in the qualifying stage.
And the pharaoh became only 14 goals away from equaling the number of Ivorian Didier Drogba, the legend of Chelsea, who scored 44 goals in the tournament.
Africa’s top scorers in the Champions League are as follows:
1- Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire) 44 goals – 92 matches
2- Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) 30 goals – 78 matches
3- Salah (Egypt) 30 goals – 59 games
4- Sadio Mane (Senegal) 19 goals – 43 games
5- Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) – 14 goals – 23 matches
6- Rabah Madjer (Algeria) 12 goals – 17 matches