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The Liverpool Goal Machine Tearing Up English Soccer—Again

Mohamed Salah has scored or assisted nearly two-thirds of his team’s goals this season. It’s no coincidence that his team is running away with the Premier League title.

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester United on Sunday.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester United on Sunday. Photo: phil noble/Reuters

Mohamed Salah has grown accustomed to being called washed up.

It might seem strange in retrospect—now that Salah is the deadliest striker in the English Premier League—but before he was a Liverpool superstar, he was a serial bust.

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