Liverpool star Salah achieves stunning milestones in Galatasaray thrashing

[p]The Egyptian star registered a goal and an assist as the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Reds[/a] overturned their deficit to book a quarter-final showdown with Paris Saint-Germain.[/p][p]After seeing a first-half penalty saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cakir-ugurcan/p858Jtvs/"]Ugurcan Cakır[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a] bounced back to score Liverpool’s fourth just after the hour mark.[/p][p][b]That strike saw him become the first African player to reach 50 goals in Champions League history.[/b][/p][embed guid="ae6d47da-2a3a-4856-970c-3746fc4fc83f" url="https://x.com/sportingshina/status/2034380411569164732" social-type="twitter" /][p]Forty-seven of his goals in the tournament (excluding qualifiers) have been for the Reds, alongside one and two for previous clubs Roma and Basel respectively.[/p][p][b]It was a landmark night at Anfield for another reason too, as Salah recorded his 200th and 201st goal involvements for the club - 140 goals and 61 assists - in just 211 appearances.[/b][/p][p]Despite an impressive display, he was replaced by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a] in the 74th minute as a precaution following an injury scare. [/p][p]Liverpool’s manager was full of praise for the former African Player of the Year after his standout performance against the Turkish Super Lig side.[/p][p]"It says a lot about him that after missing a penalty just before half-time (to score that goal)," said Slot.[/p][p]"That can sometimes be hard for an individual or for a team, so compliment to the team for how we came out in the second half because we've had a lot of setbacks this season. We've had a lot of first or second halves where we've created chance after chance after chance without doing justice to how we've performed, so not scoring. [/p][p][b]"Then, Mo and the team came out in the second half the way they did. He assisted first to Hugo, a great assist, and then scored a trademark goal, which he scored many of in this stadium and for this club, coming inside and finding the top corner. [/b][/p][p][b]"That tells you about the mental strength of him, but definitely also of the team, because adversity is something we can talk about when it comes to this season."[/b][/p][p]Barring any serious injury, Salah is expected to lead Liverpool’s attack when they face Brighton in Saturday’s Premier League clash.[/p][image alt="Author" id="20674a2e-542c-47e3-a24f-9df48d383ceb" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ceb4e2d8-9bfc-4226-bccd-9e690997d746" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]