National treasure Mohamed Salah continued to garner international headlines by breaking a Liverpool goal scoring record held by Robbie Fowler during Saturday’s Premier League game with Southampton. Salah scored nine goals in his first 12 Premier League appearances, a new record at the club, according to Goal.com. Salah is carrying the hopes of Egypt at the World Cup, Mohamed Quoted writes for the BBC. “Salah is the man behind our qualification to the World Cup … When we qualified in 1990, it was more of a team effort. This time, Salah was the leader of the whole campaign,” Hazem Emam, who won the 1998 Nations Cup and 87 caps for Egypt, tells BBC Sport.

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