Mohamed Salah’s impressive goalscoring run was halted as Stoke City held Liverpool to a 0-0 goalless stalemate at Anfield in Saturday’s early kickoff.
No thanks to Paul Lambert - who has never lost in any of his visits [6] to the Merseyside outfit - and his disciplined side, Salah will have to wait another day for his 44th goal of the season.
Minutes after kick off, the ex-AS Roma star had the chance to become the highest ever goalscorer in a single EPL campaign with his 32nd effort, but could only convert wide.
The 25-year-old, in total, had seven shots in the game - none of which hit the target and was the most he has had without scoring in a single game for the Reds in all competitions.
34: @MoSalah goes close again! This time the Egyptian whips a free-kick into the side-netting at the near post.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 28, 2018
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The Egypt international was made to end his terrific seven-game goalscoring run which saw him net 11 times, including a four-goal haul against Watford in March.
Salah, already on 43 goals, who is targetting Liverpool great Ian Rush's record of 47-goal in a season, now has two Premier League games and the second leg of their Uefa Champions League semi-final fixture against Roma - plus the final of the competition should they consolidate on the 5-2 first-leg advantage in Italy - to match or eclipse the long-standing feat.