Salah sets more records as Man Utd suffer historic Liverpool defeat

Jurgen Klopp closed in on a milestone win in sensational style as Mohamed Salah’s hat-trick inspired Liverpool to a 5-0 rout of Manchester United.

Matters look bleak for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with the pressure mounting on the United manager, who saw his team torn to shreds on Sunday.

Salah scored the Reds’ final three goals, having teed up Naby Keita’s opener, while Diogo Jota grabbed Liverpool’s second. Paul Pogba’s red card merely compounded United’s misery.

It was a momentous day for Liverpool and a dismal one for United. Stats Perform looks at the records that tumbled in a historic result.

It has been some season so far for Salah, as he moved onto 10 Premier League goals with a gift-wrapped hat-trick.

He is the first away player to net a hat-trick at Old Trafford since Ronaldo Nazario did so for Real Madrid in April 2003, while he is only the second player to do so for Liverpool, after Fred Howe in 1936.

Salah’s goal tally in the Premier League now stands at 107, three clear of Didier Drogba as the highest-scoring African player in the competition’s history.

The 29-year-old has scored in 10 consecutive appearances for the Reds in all competitions. Since he joined the club prior to the 2017-18 campaign, he is the only Premier League player to score in 10 successive matches.