LIVERPOOL forward Mohamed Salah is currently the leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League this season, although he could be out of the competition with Liverpool tomorrow.
The Egypt forward has scored an impressive eight goals in the competition, one more than already eliminated Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe.
Vinicius Junior and Porto’s Joao Mário have six each, with the former scoring twice for Real Madrid in their 5-2 win over Liverpool at Anfield that has left Salah’s side on the verge of elimination.
Real Madrid host Liverpool in the return leg of their round of 16 tie at the Santiago Bernabeu tomorrow night with the Spaniards overwhelming favourites to advance to the quarter-finals.
Incidentally, Vinicius Junior scored the only goal in last season’s final in Paris as Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0.
Salah finished this season’s group stage having netted in five successive Champions League games, including the quickest hat-trick in the competition’s history, timed at just six minutes and 12 seconds, in the matchday 4 win at Rangers.
He added to his tally in Liverpool’s round of 16 first leg defeat by Real Madrid, for whom Vinicius Junior struck twice to move on to six for the season and into third place.
Mbappe also spread his goals across five matches in the group stage, before bowing out with PSG after drawing blanks in both round of 16 legs against Bayern Munich.
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