Salah named Man of the Match for the 13th time this season, reaches a century of assists for Liverpool
Mo Salah was named Man of the Match in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Fulham in a Premier League match week 16 tie at Anfield on Saturday evening.
The Egyptian provided one assist, created one big chance, made one key pass and had three successful dribbles which earned him the official Premier League Man of the Match honour.
His assist for Cody Gakpo at the start of the second half to draw Liverpool level after Andreas Pereira had given the visitors the lead means he has now provided 100 assists for Liverpool in all competitions, with 13 of those coming this season – the most of any Premier League player in 2024-25.
Salah’s Man of the Match award was his 13th in the 15 Premier League matches Liverpool have played so far this season and he has bagged six more than Bukayo Saka who was also named Man of the Match between Arsenal and Everton.
He was named the best player in Liverpool’s opening first league games of the season and has been named the best and in the the club’s last eight games in the competition.
The Liverpool talisman has been Liverpool’s best player so far this season and has either scored or bagged an assist in the club’s last eight Premier League matches.
He has scored 16 times in 22 games across all competitions for the Reds so far this season
Alex Iwobi is the only bonafide Nigerian to have won the award this season after netting a brace in Fulham’s 3-1 defeat of Brighton at Craven Cottage in a match week 14 clash.