Former Chelsea flop Mo Salah is having one hell of a debut season for Liverpool,
but how does it compare to the first campaign of some of the club's best goalscorers during
the Premier League era?
The Egyptian has scored 22 Premier League goals, putting him second in the scoring charts
both domestically and in Europe's top five leagues.
He became the first Liverpool player in four years to get past 15 Premier League goals
in one season,
and made it to 30 in all competitions with his Champions League strike against Porto
in the week.
Salah became the second quickest player in the history of the club to reach 30 goals
as he hit the milestone on his 36th appearance.
We've taken a closer look at Salah's debut campaign, and compared it to some of the best
first full seasons Anfield has witnessed since the Premier League was formed.
1.
Robbie Fowler
Fowler came through the ranks at Liverpool and made his professional debut just a few
months after helping England win the European under-18 championships in 1993.
In one of his first senior games for the club, he scored five goals in a League Cup tie against
Fulham – making him the fourth player in Liverpool's history to achieve such feat.
In total, he grabbed 12 Premier League goals in 28 appearances as an 18-year-old.
2.
Michael Owen
Another fresh-faced youngster, Owen's first full season in senior football came between
the ages of 17 and 18.
He replaced an injured Fowler in the squad, and was a regular starter, scoring 18 goals
in 36 Premier League appearances, earning him the Golden Boot.
During the season, he signed a £10,000-a-week contract, making him the highest-paid teenager
in the history of English football.
3.
Emile Heskey
A 22-year-old Heskey joined Liverpool for a then-club record £11million in January
2000, moving from boyhood club Leicester City.
In the 2000-01 campaign, his first full season with the club, the England frontman scored
14 Premier League goals from 36 appearances.
Liverpool won the treble that year, lifting the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, with
Heskey starting in all three finals.
4.
Fernando Torres
Torres' debut season at Anfield was a lot more fruitful, and in fact he is the only
player to score more goals than Salah in his debut season so far.
He netted 24 goals in 33 Premier League appearances, while making it to 33 in all competitions,
so it still looks likely that the Egyptian will catch Torres.
Torres' Liverpool finished fourth that season, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions
League, where they were famously knocked out by Chelsea.
5.
Luis Suarez
While Suarez continues to register incredible stats at Barcelona, he in fact didn't have
the best start to life in the Premier League.
His first full season, the 2011-12 campaign,Suarez received an eight-match ban for racially abusing
Patrice Evra.
As a result, Suarez scored just 11 goals in 31 Premier League appearances, though the
club won the League Cup and the striker managed a sixth-placed finish in the Ballon D'Or.
In the next two seasons he scored an impressive 30 and 31 goals in all competitions, though
Salah looks set to beat both by some distance this campaign.
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