Egypt captain Mohamed Salah reached 200 goals in English football with a double in second-placed Liverpool’s 3-0 win against Brentford at the weekend.
Mohamed Salah has now reached 200 goals in English football (Liverpool + Chelsea) ๐
Legendary ๐๐ช๐ฌ pic.twitter.com/cPGyI9lsB7
โ ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) November 12, 2023
He also became the first Reds player to score in each of their first six home matches at the start of a season.
Salah broke the deadlock at Anfield with a calm finish into the far corner as half-time approached, and headed in a Kostas Tsimikas cross on the hour mark.
Here, AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers in the major European leagues:
ENGLAND
MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool)
Only Manchester City’s 13-goal Erling Haaland has scored more in the Premier League this season than Salah, who raised his tally to 10. “Exceptional, just exceptional player. Played a super game today and we all know how difficult it is against these tall centre-backs,” said Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Mohamed Salah in the Premier League this season ๐ pic.twitter.com/5RUE0ExDuf
โ GOAL (@goal) November 12, 2023
NICOLAS JACKSON (Chelsea)
The Senegal striker once again answered his critics with a crucial goal in an incredible 4-4 draw against Manchester City. Jackson has come under fire after a difficult start at Stamford Bridge following a close-season move from Villarreal, but he made it four goals in two games with a second-half finish against champions City. Fresh from a hat-trick in a win at Tottenham, Jackson netted after City goalkeeper Ederson spilled a shot.
Nicolas Jackson joins the Premier League hat-trick club ๐ต pic.twitter.com/Jggk0RvsZ6
โ Premier League (@premierleague) November 10, 2023
IDRISSA GUEYE (Everton)
The Senegal midfielder scored a late winner to give Sean Dyche’s side a 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace. Gueye kept his cool to fire home with four minutes to go, taking Abdoulaye Doucoure’s pass in his stride and evading Tyrick Mitchell’s challenge before drilling past Palace goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. Mali midfielder Doucoure had scored for Everton earlier.
FT. Crystal Palace 2-3 Everton.
Another win away from home for the toffees, thanks to Idrissa Gueyeโs late goal!
UTFT! ๐ pic.twitter.com/1CCt5zB8It
โ EFC DAILY (@EFCdaily_) November 11, 2023
SPAIN
JONATHAN BAMBA (Celta Vigo)
A brilliant strike by the Ivory Coast winger was not enough to lift Celta Vigo out of the relegation zone or take any points from a thrilling 4-3 defeat at Athletic Bilbao. Bamba lashed home from the edge of the box to put Celta 2-1 up, but his team were unable to capitalise.
Magnifique reprise de volรฉe de Jonathan Bamba avec le Celta Vigo ce soir ! ๐คฉ๐จ๐ฎ pic.twitter.com/a0NsbFlkOF
โ Sรฉlรฉphanto Football ๐จ๐ฎ๐ (@Selephanto_) November 10, 2023
GERMANY
ERIC MAXIM CHOUPO-MOTING (Bayern Munich)
The Cameroon forward rose superbly to head in Bayern’s fourth goal in a hard-fought 4-2 win against Heidenheim at the Allianz Arena. His goal came after Harry Kane scored twice and Raphael Guerreiro also netted in a game in which the promoted side hit back to level the scores at 2-2 before the German champions asserted themselves. With two goals in 10 appearances this season, Choupo-Moting is showing that despite the arrival of the superbly in-form Kane from Tottenham, he can still contribute important goals at the age of 34.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is the only active Bundesliga player to have scored against every single one of the current 18 Bundesliga teams pic.twitter.com/OklUx8TFYX
โ Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) November 11, 2023
SERHOU GUIRASSY (Stuttgart)
Stuttgart’s Guirassy celebrated his return after an injury in style, scoring a late penalty to help beat lethargic Borussia Dortmund 2-1. The Guinean came off the bench and converted a spot-kick with seven minutes remaining to lift his side to third. Guirassy now has 15 goals in nine games this season. Kane has 17 in 11.
๐ฌ๐ณSerhou Guirassy is the top African scorer in Europe this season.#JoySports pic.twitter.com/zLoYSYV2mA
โ โฌ ๏ธ #JoySports (@JoySportsGH) November 12, 2023
NATHAN TELLA (Bayer Leverkusen)
Tella scored his first league goal for Leverkusen in a 4-0 thrashing of Union Berlin. He made the most of a counter-attack just two minutes after coming on to score Bayer’s fourth. England-born Tella said that being included in the Nigeria squad for World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe this month “fulfilled a dream”.
Well done on your first call up Nathan! ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐! ๐๐ณ๐ฌโ๏ธ#Bayer04 #InternationalWerkself | @NathanTella_11 @NGSuperEagles pic.twitter.com/lAqZi92972
โ Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) November 10, 2023