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Salah Makes Liverpool History With 100th Premier League Goal
The striker put his side 2-1 ahead in the second half to overtake Roger Hunt as the quickest Red to make his century
Mohamed Salah became the fastest Liverpool player ever to reach 100 league goals on Saturday as he temporarily put his side ahead against Brentford in an eventual 3-3 draw.
The Egypt international has become a firm favourite at Anfield since arriving at the club from Roma in 2017, and he came through once more to help his side out of a tight situation, with a spot at the top of the Premier League on the line.
However, newly promoted Brentford spoiled the landmark finish with an 82-minute goal from Yoane Wissa to level the score.
Salah went into Saturday's game with the chance to reclaim his position at the top of the Premier League scoring charts, after being overtaken earlier in the day by Jamie Vardy and Michail Antonio.
His goal finally arrived in the 54th minute, after Diogo Jota had earlier cancelled out an early strike from the hosts by way of Ethan Pinnock.
It brought him up to five for the season in the league so far, and also secured him a piece of Liverpool history.
100 - Mohamed Salah has scored 100 goals in 151 Premier League games for Liverpool, reaching 100 top-flight goals in fewer appearances than any other player in Liverpool’s history. Iconic.
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His century arrived in just 151 games, quicker than any other Reds player.
Club legend Roger Hunt was the previous record-holder, having made 100 in 152 appearances, while fellow sharp-shooter Ian Rush needed 168 outings to reach the mark.
He is also only one of four Liverpool players to have netted 100 times in the Premier League, alongside Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Steven Gerrard, and also entered the club's list of top 10 all-time scorers with this latest strike.
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Kepa Told To Have Drop To 3rd Keeper After Southampton Nightmare.
Chelsea stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga has been told he is now the third-choice stopper at Stamford Bridge.
The Spaniard has lost his place in between the sticks in recent weeks, being replaced by summer signing Edouard Mendy after a host of errors last season.
But could Arrizabalaga even fall behind veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero in the pecking order as the club look to offload him?
Pundit Tony Cascarino believes the player's latest mistake against Southampton on Saturday could see Blues boss Frank Lampard demote the stopper even further.
“He’s gone from number one to number two goalkeeper, and after [the Southampton] performance he’s probably number three now," he told talkSPORT.
“He won’t even make the bench now as [Willy] Caballero will be number two.
“I’m a bit surprised [Lampard] chose to play Kepa; he doesn’t fancy Kepa and it’s obvious.
“Caballero has done very little wrong, but because they’ve paid such a high fee for a player they need to justify playing him to give him an opportunity to perform.â€
Lampard may have dropped Arrizabalaga for £22m man Mendy following his arrival from Rennes.
But the Chelsea boss has backed the under-fire shot-stopper in public on several occasions.
And following Saturday's mistake, which saw Southampton score after Kepa failed to clear a Kurt Zouma backpass, Lampard again refused to condemn the £71m signing.
“I haven’t seen it back again, I just saw it in real time," Lampard said when asked about the goal.
“The back pass is short.
