Pre-Ajax stats: Mohamed Salah out to surpass Ian Rush
Mohamed Salah will climb above Ian Rush in Liverpool’s list of leading European goalscorers should he find the net against Ajax tonight.
The No.11 is currently joint-third with Rush on 20 goals in Europe for the club, with only Michael Owen (22) and Steven Gerrard (41) having registered more.
It’s taken Salah - who reached the landmark of 100 goals overall for the Reds last Saturday - just 35 appearances to notch 20 times in the Champions League.
For more pre-match facts and figures from LFC statistician Ged Rea, read on…
This will be Liverpool and Ajax’s first meeting since the 1966-67 season, when the Dutch side ran out 7-3 winners on aggregate in the second round of the European Cup
2020-21 marks the Reds’ 45th campaign in European competition and their 25th in the European Cup/Champions League
Liverpool’s next goal will be their 250th in the Champions League era
This will be the Reds’ first game against Dutch opposition since 2010
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 13 matches versus clubs from the Netherlands, since defeat by Ajax in 1966
Roberto Firmino’s next appearance in Europe will be his 50th for the club - he has played in 49 of Jürgen Klopp’s 50 European games in charge of the Reds
