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Mohamed Salah took to social media after moving clear as the player with the most goals and assists for a single club in Premier League history.
Salah registered his first top-flight direct goal contribution in six weeks on Saturday, as his second-half corner was headed in by Hugo Ekitike in front of the Kop during the 2-0 win over Brighton.
That assist moved Salah onto 277 combined goals and assists in the Premier League for Liverpool – one more than Wayne Rooney managed for Manchester United.
When Salah takes to social media, he rarely writes captions on his posts – and this occasion was no different, as he simply shared an image of the leaderboard.
Steven Gerrard is the only other player to appear on the graphic – in eighth place – having registered 212 combined goals and assists in the Premier League during his Liverpool career.
Ryan Giggs occupies third place on the list, with Harry Kane in fourth, Thierry Henry in fifth, Frank Lampard in sixth and Sergio Aguero in seventh.
Salah was serenaded by Liverpool's supporters following the final whistle against Brighton on Saturday, and he stayed out on the field for longer than any of his teammates as he applauded the thousands of supporters who had stayed behind at Anfield to sing his name.
Seven days prior to the Brighton game it seemed as though Salah might have played his last game for Liverpool after stopping for an ill-advised chat with journalists in the Elland Road mixed zone.
However, after being left out of the traveling squad for last week's win over Inter Milan in the Champions League, he was back in the squad against Brighton and produced one of his better performances of the season.
Salah will now link up with his Egypt teammates ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, which will see him miss the remainder of Liverpool's games in 2025.
Considering Salah's jovial mood after the game, it seems likely that he will return to the Liverpool squad for the second half of the season rather than seek an exit after the continental tournament – there was certainly no sense that he was waving good bye to Liverpool's fans for good after the final whistle.
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