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Mohamed Salah playing for Liverpool against Brighton. AMEX Stadium, November 2020.

Comparing Mo Salah’s record against the ‘big six’ with Ronaldo’s

Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah and Manchester United‘s Cristiano Ronaldo have both enjoyed terrorising Premier League defences – but how do the two compare?

Salah and Ronaldo have both led their sides to Premier League titles, particularly excelling in the games against their biggest rivals.

Here, we’ve taken a look at their records against the Premier League’s “big six” (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Man Utd and Liverpool). Note: we’ve used their stats from all competitions, including their spells outside of the Premier League.

Mo Salah

Games: 63
Starts: 58
Sub appearances: 5

Goals: 32
Assists: 10

Penalties scored: 9

Minutes per goal: 158.7
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 220.9
Minutes per goal or assist: 120.9

Cristiano Ronaldo

Games: 79
Starts: 70
Sub appearances: 9

Goals: 28
Assists: 14

Penalties scored: 10

Minutes per goal: 228
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 354.7
Minutes per goal or assist: 152


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