The Big Picture

Jurgen Klopp has dropped the final word on Mohamed Salah’s imminent Liverpool departure, suggesting the Egyptian forward could easily play until he is 40. The German manager made it clear that Salah's supreme physical conditioning means his career is far from over after he leaves Anfield at the end of the season. It is a terrifying prospect for defenders everywhere.

As Salah prepares to pack his bags, we are forced to look back at the chaos he orchestrated. Ranking his contributions is a brutal exercise in separating great goals from era-defining events. Here is how the very best of the Egyptian King stacks up.

Ranking the Chaos

10. The Everton Introduction (December 2017)

It was the goal that officially announced his arrival as a global superstar in a Liverpool shirt. Salah shrugged off Cuco Martina with embarrassing ease, danced past Idrissa Gueye, and curled a shot perfectly into the far top corner. This was not just a great derby goal; it won the FIFA Puskas Award, even if fans argued it was not his best goal that month.

The sheer audacity to pull that off in the snow against a bitter local rival set the tone for everything that followed. It proved definitively that he was not the struggling Chelsea cast-off anymore.

9. The Napoli Lifeline (December 2018)

Liverpool were crashing out of the Champions League group stage until Salah decided to intervene. He isolated Kalidou Koulibaly on the right wing, turned the massive defender inside out with a sudden drop of the shoulder, and slipped the ball through David Ospina's legs from a mathematically impossible angle.

The tension inside Anfield was suffocating before that strike broke the deadlock. Alisson Becker always gets the credit for the late save in that game, but without Salah's individual brilliance to get the goal, the famous 2019 European cup run simply never happens. It was a gritty, ugly game saved by genius.

8. The Mane Feud at Burnley (August 2019)

Not every top moment is a positive highlight reel, and examining Salah requires looking at his flaws. This entry earns its place because it exposed the ruthless, selfish streak required to score consistently at the highest level. Salah completely ignored a wide-open Sadio Mane in the penalty box, choosing to take a low-percentage shot through traffic instead.

It caused Mane to explode in visible rage on the touchline after being substituted. It was a frustrating, negative display of tunnel vision that actively hurt the team. Yet, that exact same bloody-minded arrogance is precisely why he breaks records.

7. The Chelsea Thunderstrike (April 2019)

Title races make top players do ridiculous things under pressure. With Manchester City relentlessly winning every single week, Liverpool desperately needed an answer against Chelsea at home. Salah cut inside from the right flank and unleashed a flat, rising drive that nearly broke the net at the Anfield Road end.

The stadium erupted in a mix of pure shock and overwhelming relief as the ball crashed past Kepa Arrizabalaga. The tree yoga celebration that followed became instantly iconic. It completely shut down the racist chants aimed at him by a minority of visiting fans earlier that week.

6. Breaking Fowler's Record in the Rout (March 2023)

Scoring against Manchester United is always sweet for any Liverpool player. Scoring twice to become the club's all-time leading Premier League scorer during a historic 7-0 humiliation is something else entirely. He systematically dismantled Lisandro Martinez before smashing the ball into the roof of the net for his record-breaking strike.

The sheer violence of the right-footed finish felt like a release of years of built-up pressure. He did not just break Robbie Fowler's long-standing record on that Sunday afternoon. He obliterated United's dignity in the process, cementing his legend status.

5. The Watford Masterclass (October 2021)

Sometimes an elite player enters a state of flow where the opposition simply ceases to matter. Salah received the ball completely surrounded by four Watford defenders inside the penalty area with nowhere to go. He rolled his foot over the ball, feinted a shot, dropped three professional athletes on their backs, and curled it into the far corner.

It was a level of technical arrogance rarely seen in the English top flight. For a brief, magical period that autumn, he was undisputedly the best football player on the planet.

4. The Manchester City Solo Run (October 2021)

Just weeks before the Watford goal, he did the exact same thing to the best defensive unit in the league. Bernardo Silva, Aymeric Laporte, and Joao Cancelo were all turned inside out in the span of four frantic seconds.

Salah dragged the ball backward to escape a tackle, spun completely around, and fired right-footed past Ederson on an angle that made zero sense. It highlighted his raw physical strength just as much as his intricate footwork. He absorbed multiple cynical fouls during the run and simply refused to go down.

3. The Record-Breaking Goal (May 2018)

The 38-game Premier League goal record felt untouchable until Salah's debut season under Klopp. Needing one final goal against Brighton on the last day of the season to surpass Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Luis Suarez, the pressure was immense. He found a pocket of space in the box and swept a low left-footed finish cleanly into the bottom corner.

The sheer volume of goals he produced that year completely changed the geometry of how Liverpool operated. He transformed from a tricky winger into a relentless, inevitable scoring machine.

2. The Penalty in Madrid (June 2019)

There are far better goals in his extensive catalog, but none carried more historical weight for the club. After the heartbreak of leaving the 2018 final in tears with a dislocated shoulder, stepping up to take a penalty in the second minute of the 2019 final required immense mental nerve.

He smashed it straight down the middle with pure venom, completely ignoring the mind games from Hugo Lloris. It was not a beautiful strike by any stretch of the imagination, but it was absolutely definitive. That penalty exorcised the demons of Kyiv and delivered the European Cup.

1. The Roma Demolition (April 2018)

This was the absolute apex of Mohamed Salah's devastating peak performance level. Facing his former club in the Champions League semi-final first leg, he scored two preposterous goals and provided two assists in a display of terrifying quality. The first goal, a curling effort launched directly into the top corner, left Alisson Becker completely stranded and motionless.

He refused to celebrate out of respect for his former employers, creating a chilling contrast with the deafening noise inside the stadium. It was the exact night the entire continent realized Liverpool had built an unstoppable monster.

Honorable Mentions

The stoppage-time breakaway goal against Manchester United in 2020 officially secured the title-winning momentum. His hat-trick at Old Trafford in 2021 was a sickening masterclass in clinical finishing that got Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sacked.

We also cannot forget his looping header against Bournemouth, an absurd display of neck muscles from outside the box. Even as Klopp notes he could play until 40, these moments are safely locked in Anfield history.