Salah pulls clear and Gakpo joins list of every Liverpool scorer v Big Six after Man Utd mauling

Cody Gakpo joins the list of Liverpool scorers in Premier League games against Big Six opposition, but he has some catching up with Mo Salah to do.

From the slew of predictable leading names to single-goal stalwarts such as Mario Balotelli, Lazar Markovic and Jonjo Shelvey, here is every player to have scored for Liverpool in Premier League matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham since the start of the 2010/11 season – the first in which they comprised the top six.

We have even broken it down into goals against each opponent before confirming the overall totals. These numbers are accurate as of the last Liverpool game versus a Big Six side (7-0 v Man Utd on March 5, 2023).

v Arsenal
Roberto Firmino (10)

Sadio Mane, Mo Salah (7)

Diogo Jota (5)

Philippe Coutinho (4)

Martin Skrtel (3)

Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez, og (2)

Joe Allen, Dirk Kuyt, Adam Lallana, Joel Matip, James Milner, Takumi Minamino, David Ngog, Darwin Nunez, Andy Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

v Chelsea
Sadio Mane, Mo Salah (4)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Christian Benteke, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Georginio Wijnaldum (2)

Daniel Agger, Emre Can, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Naby Keita, Dejan Lovren, Raul Meireles, Maxi Rodriguez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey, Martin Skrtel, og (1)

v Manchester City
Mo Salah (6)

Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane (4)

James Milner, Martin Skrtel, og (3)

Andy Carroll (2)

Fabinho, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Diogo Jota, Dirk Kuyt, Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

v Manchester United
Mo Salah (10)

Steven Gerrard (6)

Roberto Firmino, Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Sturridge (3)

Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane, Darwin Nunez, Xherdan Shaqiri, Luis Suarez (2)

Christian Benteke, Luis Diaz, Naby Keita, Adam Lallana, James Milner, Virgil van Dijk, og (1)

v Tottenham
Mo Salah (7)

Roberto Firmino (5)

Luis Suarez (4)

Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane, og (3)

Philippe Coutinho, Raheem Sterling (2)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mario Balotelli, Stewart Downing, Luis Diaz, Jon Flanagan, Diogo Jota, Lazar Markovic, Alberto Moreno, Andy Robertson, Martin Skrtel, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

Total (current players in italics)
Mo Salah (34)

Roberto Firmino (24)

Sadio Mane (20)

Philippe Coutinho (12)

Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez (11)

Diogo Jota (9)

Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge (8)

Martin Skrtel (7)

Dirk Kuyt, James Milner, Raheem Sterling, Georginio Wijnaldum (5)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Christian Benteke, Adam Lallana, Darwin Nunez (3)

Andy Carroll, Luis Diaz, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cody Gakpo, Andy Robertson, Xherdan Shaqiri, Fernando Torres (2)

Daniel Agger, Joe Allen, Mario Balotelli, Emre Can, Stewart Downing, Fabinho, Jon Flanagan, Dejan Lovren, Lazar Markovic, Joel Matip, Raul Meireles, Takumi Minamino, Alberto Moreno, David Ngog, Maxi Rodriguez, Jonjo Shelvey, Virgil van Dijk (1)