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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Salah has scored 20 or more goals in all competitions in all eight of his seasons with Liverpool. In the Premier League era, which began in 1992, only Englishmen Alan Shearer (10 times) and Harry Kane (nine times) have had more 20-plus goal campaigns than the Egyptian.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2534320\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2191798062.jpg\" alt=\"salah liverpool\" width=\"1716\" height=\"1145\" /> <em>Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during a Premier League match against West Ham United at London Stadium on 29 December 2024. 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