Mohamed Salah record vs. Manchester City
Played: 22
Won: 8
Drawn: 6
Lost: 8
Goals: 12
Assists: 7
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Including his forgettable stint at Chelsea, Mohamed Salah has already faced Man City on more than 20 occasions in all competitions, and the reigning Premier League champions are the winger's second-favourite opponent in terms of overall goal contributions.
Indeed, Salah has struck 12 goals and set up seven more in his 22 meetings with Man City for 19 direct involvements - his second-highest tally against a single team and the most in history against Pep Guardiola's Citizens - with Manchester United (21) being his outright favourite opponent.
In fact, only against the Red Devils (15) has Salah scored more goals against than Man City, while seven assists versus Guardiola's side is his joint-best versus a single team, identical to his tally against Brighton & Hove Albion.
All 12 of Salah's efforts against Man City have come in Liverpool colours, and the ex-Chelsea man is therefore the second-highest goalscorer in this fixture, just above Sir Kenny Dalglish and only behind Ian Rush's 15 strikes.
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Salah's first taste of action against Man City came for Chelsea in the 2013-14 FA Cup, where he played 45 minutes of a 2-0 defeat to Manuel Pellegrini's side, and he would not take on the Citizens again until his debut season with Liverpool in the 2017-18 campaign.
During that sensational individual season, Salah bagged a goal and assist in a 4-3 Anfield triumph in the Premier League, before also contributing two goals and an assist to the Reds' 5-1 aggregate success in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Fast-forward to March 2024, and Salah had either scored or assisted in each of his last five games against Guardiola's team in all competitions before the 1-1 draw in that month, where he only earned 29 minutes off the bench amid his fitness troubles.
That blank broke Salah's run of directly contributing to a goal against Man City in the Premier League, having previously struck himself or laid on an assist in seven top-flight fixtures since a 4-0 crushing in July 2020.
However, Salah returned to his prolific ways against City in December 2024, setting up Cody Gakpo before striking again in a 2-0 success to take Liverpool 11 points clear of the reigning champions in the Premier League table.
Ben Knapton
