How Mo Salah’s start to 2021-22 compares to Messi’s best season

Planet Football • 27 Oct 2021

Mohamed Salah with the match ball after becoming the first Premier League player to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford

Liverpool hat-trick scorer Mohamed Salah applauds the fans after the final whistle during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester.

Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah has cemented his status as one of the best players in the world at the start of the 2021-22 season.

Salah has taken his game to another level for Jurgen Klopp’s side this season, prompting comparisons with the likes of Lionel Messi.

We’ve compared Salah’s start to the 2021-22 season with Messi’s record after 12 league and Champions League games in 2011-12, his best-ever individual season.

As the stats show, Salah has scored three more goals than the Argentina international and averaged a direct goal contribution on a slightly more regular basis.

Messi finished that season with 50 league goals (73 in total) and Salah will be hoping to end 2021-22 with a similar total, although he will miss part of the season due to the Africa Cup of Nations.