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Mohamed Salah Breaks a Premier League Scoring Record in Liverpool's Opening Game

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Ipswich Town and Liverpool at Portman Road stadium in Ipswich, England, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Ipswich Town and Liverpool at Portman Road stadium in Ipswich, England, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Mohamed Salah Breaks a Premier League Scoring Record in Liverpool's Opening Game

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Ipswich Town and Liverpool at Portman Road stadium in Ipswich, England, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Ipswich Town and Liverpool at Portman Road stadium in Ipswich, England, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Mohamed Salah broke a Premier League scoring record in Liverpool's opening game of the season, The AP reported.
Salah poked home a finish from close range in the 65th minute to take his tally of goals in the opening round of a Premier League season to nine, breaking a tie he had with a trio of English soccer greats in Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard.
Five minutes earlier, Salah set up Diogo Jota for the first goal as Liverpool improved after a slow first half in its first competitive game under Slot, who replaced longtime manager Jurgen Klopp during the offseason, according to The AP.
While Liverpool joined Manchester United — a 1-0 winner over Fulham on Friday — in making a triumphant start to the season, it was an early lesson for Ipswich, whose most famous supporter, pop star Ed Sheeran, was cheering the team on from a VIP box at Portman Road.
This is Ipswich’s first season in the top flight since 2002 and the team looks sure to entertain, even if it might concede plenty of goals in the process with its open, expansive style.
There were five more games later Saturday, including Arsenal — the runner-up in the past two seasons — hosting Wolverhampton.
Reigning champion Manchester City begins its title defense at Chelsea on Sunday.

By netting Liverpool's second against Ipswich, the Egypt star took his tally of goals in the opening round of a Premier League season to nine — more than anyone else.

He previously shared the record with Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer.

Salah's goal put Liverpool 2-0 ahead at Portman Road.

 

 

 

 

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Arteta Says Arsenal Must Be Almost 'Perfect' to Take Title from Man City

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta celebrates at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta celebrates at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Arteta Says Arsenal Must Be Almost 'Perfect' to Take Title from Man City

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta celebrates at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta celebrates at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal will have to be almost perfect in their pursuit of Manchester City if the Gunners are to end their long wait for a Premier League title.

Arteta's side enjoyed a record-breaking 2023/24 campaign, winning more games than ever before in the division, but were still pipped to the title.

City finished two points above Arsenal thanks to their last-day victory against West Ham, rendering Arsenal's win over Everton irrelevant.

Arteta, speaking ahead of Arsenal's league opener at home to Wolves on Saturday, was asked what it would take to finally win the title after finishing as runners-up to City in the last two seasons, AFP reported.

The Arsenal manager made it clear his team would have to reach new heights to shatter City's four-year grip on the title.

"Break more of those records again, earn more points, for sure," the Spaniard said.

"It (89 points) won't be enough. With the level we are competing with and every season is getting harder, we are going to have to improve again.

"I don't know what perfect is but it has to be very close to the numbers that we've seen in recent years."

Arsenal haven't won the title since Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' went unbeaten through the 2003-04 league campaign.

But the painful near-misses endured by Arteta's men over the last two years have not dulled their appetite for success.

Arteta was especially heartened by the response of his players when they underlined their determination to catch City at an end-of-season function in London.

"We had a gathering together with all the club players and the players were saying to me, 'We're going to be better, we're going to do it, we want more'," Arteta said.

"They are the ones driving that ambition, so that's always positive.

"It's like you're trying to climb the highest mountain, the most difficult leap in the world and you're surrounded by people trying to achieve the same ambition. We're certainly going to try."

Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori, signed from Bologna in the close-season, could make his debut against Wolves, but Japan's Takehiro Tomiyasu is set to miss the match with a knee injury.

Arteta, meanwhile, refused to comment on reports he is looking to sign Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino before the end of the summer transfer window.

"You know that I cannot talk about any other player," he said. "After the season we had two objectives.

"The main one and the most important one is to make sure that we still are very much in love with our players and find ways to improve them.

"Then ok, if there are certain opportunities in the market to improve the squad we have to look at that.

"While the market is open, things can happen. That's always a possibility."