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'If only football existed in my day!' - Gary Lineker makes stats point after Mohamed Salah reaches 20 Premier League goals in single season for fifth time

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<p>Salah scored both goals in <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-player-ratings-vs-bournemouth-mohamed-salah-man-on-mission-egyptian-king-lethal-alisson-best-in-world/blt60f574e9d682dcf4" target="_blank">Liverpool's 2-0 win at Bournemouth</a> on Saturday, as the Egyptian reached the 20-goal milestone for a Premier League season for the fifth time. Ex-striker Lineker - who scored 20 goals or more in five English top-flight seasons, but all before the Premier League was formed in 1992 - joked, "If only football existed in my day" when seeing Salah's stats. </p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Lineker said on Match of the Day: "That's his fifth season with 20 goals or more. Look at who is at the top of that... Alan Shearer. But he took 14 seasons, Mo [Salah] only did it in eight. God, if only football had existed back in my day!"</p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"If only football had existed back in my day!" 😅<a href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GaryLineker</a> wishes his stats could be included on this graphic 📊  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MOTD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBCFootball</a> <a href="https://t.co/p4UMbAmIbD">pic.twitter.com/p4UMbAmIbD</a></p>— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1885828764053000199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHAT GARY LINEKER SAID

<p>Salah is playing <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/better-frank-lampard-mo-salah-sixth-premier-league-top-scorers-brace-bournemouth-sergio-aguero-liverpool-chase-down/blt4e4df433c92a1691" target="_blank">some of the best football of his career</a> as he helps Liverpool seemingly march towards another Premier League title. Despite his excellent form, this may be his last season for the Reds as he is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/mohamed-salah-reiterates-last-six-months-liverpool-contract-standoff/bltc8e162eb2f035c0e" target="_blank">yet to sign a new deal </a>with just a few months of his contract remaining. </p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Salah will look to boost his goalscoring stats when his Liverpool side face Tottenham in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, with Spurs currently holding a 1-0 first-leg advantage.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

'If only football existed in my day!' - Gary Lineker makes stats point after Mohamed Salah reaches 20 Premier League goals in single season for fifth time | Goal.com

Gary Lineker has quipped how football didn&apos;t &quot;exist&quot; before the Premier League began after Mohamed Salah reached another goalscoring milestone.

&apos;If only football existed in my day!&apos; - Gary Lineker makes stats point after Mohamed Salah reaches 20 Premier League goals in single season for fifth time

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