As Mohamed Salah celebrated his second goal in Liverpool’s 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United, breaking Robbie Fowler’s record as the Reds’ all-time leading Premier League goalscorer in the process, the scenes evoked memories of another famous win over the Red Devils just three years earlier.
The Egyptian celebrated by removing his shirt and throwing it up into the air, as he had done when scoring in the last-minute to clinch a 2-0 victory over United in January 2020. Coming in Liverpool’s Premier League-winning year, such a victory gave the Reds a 16-point lead over runners-up Man City, while also boasting a game in hand.
It was at that moment that the Kop declared that Liverpool would win the league, not that the dressing room were in a position to admit such a fact themselves at the time.
