When Mohamed Salah scored during Liverpool’s explosive opening to their Europa League match against Sparta Prague on Thursday, the team created even more history.

Consequently, what happened?

Salah gave his team the lead just ten minutes into the match, and they easily defeated the Czech visitors in the second leg of their Europa League last-16 match. With this strike, the Egypt international has scored 20 goals in all competitions this season, becoming the first player in Reds history to do it in seven straight seasons.

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In addition, the forward picked up two assists in the first fifteen minutes of the match at Anfield, setting up Bobby Clark and Cody Gakpo as Jurgen Klopp’s squad easily won 4-0 and accumulated a 9-1 advantage.

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With 15 goals to keep Liverpool in the running for the title, Salah is still in the running to be the Premier League’s top scorer. He is now three goals behind Erling Haaland, the highest scorer, while Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa has sixteen.

WHAT NEXT FOR SALAH?

Following their crushing of Sparta Prague on Thursday, Salah and his Liverpool teammates will focus on this weekend’s marquee match. On Sunday, they play Manchester United at Old Trafford in the FA Cup quarterfinals.