Mohamed Salah record vs. Manchester City
Played: 23
Won: 9
Drawn: 6
Lost: 8
Goals: 13
Assists: 8
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Including his forgettable stint at Chelsea, Mohamed Salah has already faced Manchester City on more than 20 occasions in all competitions, and the reigning Premier League champions are the winger's joint-favourite opponent in terms of overall goal contributions.
Indeed, Salah has struck 13 goals and set up eight more in his 22 meetings with Man City for 19 direct involvements - his joint-highest tally against a single team alongside Manchester United and the most in history against Pep Guardiola's Citizens.
In fact, only against the Red Devils (15) has Salah scored more goals against than Man City, while eight assists versus Guardiola's side is his best versus a single team.
All 13 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.
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.
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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.
Just two months later, another goal and assist versus City came Salah's way in a 2-0 win at the Etihad, where he broke no fewer than three records and equalled another.
Ben Knapton
