Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, star of Liverpool, took the lead in the Premier League top scorers' chart after scoring a hat-trick against Manchester United on Sunday. Salah shone on the pitch at Old Trafford, contributing significantly to his team's 5-0 victory, scoring in the 38th, 45+5, and 50th minutes. He also assisted the first goal in the 5th minute for his Guinean teammate Naby Keita and played a major role in the second goal scored by his Portuguese teammate Diogo Jota in the 13th minute of the match.
With his three goals today, Salah took sole possession of the top of the Premier League scorers' list, after previously sharing it with Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City striker who did not score in his team's 2-1 victory over Brentford in the ninth round of the competition.
**Premier League Top Scorers for the 2021-2022 Season:**
1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 10 goals
2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) - 7 goals
3. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) - 6 goals
4. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - 5 goals
Salah also reached his 107th goal in the Premier League, becoming the top African scorer in the history of the competition, surpassing Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba, who had 104 goals.
According to the global football statistics network "Opta," Salah became the first player in Liverpool's history to score in three consecutive matches at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United. Additionally, the Egyptian star has scored in 10 consecutive matches with the "Reds" in all competitions. Since the 2017-2018 season, Salah has become only the fourth player to achieve this feat in the five major European leagues, following Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (April 2018), Colombian Duván Zapata (January 2019), and Polish Robert Lewandowski (3 times).
