Farewell Mo Salah and Andy Robertson: Duo Depart Anfield as Legends After Nine Years | OneFootball

It was far from a memorable season for Liverpool, but Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson will always be remembered at the club after bowing out at Anfield on Sunday.

It’s the end of an era at Anfield.

After nine years each, a combined 820 games, 271 goals – though admittedly one of them is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there – and 189 assists, Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson’s Liverpool careers are over.

Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Brentford on the final day of the 2025-26 season confirmed UEFA Champions League football for the club, but it was a day at Anfield that meant so much more than that as they said goodbye to two modern greats.

Both players joined the Reds in the summer of 2017, and both had a point to prove.

There were some doubts over Salah after his uneventful time at Chelsea, despite going away and becoming one of the best players in Serie A with Fiorentina and Roma, while Robertson had been a surprise signing from relegated Hull City for a Liverpool team aiming to win big trophies.

And win big trophies they did, with Salah and Robertson both central to it all.

Salah took no time to settle. He’d already scored 17 goals for his new club by the time Robertson made only his fourth appearance in early December 2017. The Scot was being eased in gently, but once he got going, he too was difficult to stop.

Under Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool were building something special, and their left-back and right-sided forward made such an impact that both spent one year shy of a decade as a major part of one of the most successful teams in Europe.

Since moving to Liverpool, they have won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, a League Cup, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup, as well as a Community Shield.

Salah and Robertson played a part in Liverpool teams that won over 90 points in three different Premier League seasons. By comparison, Manchester United as a club have only managed it once in the 38-game Premier League era (since the start of 1995-96), while recently-crowned champions Arsenal never have.

They have also both played in three UEFA Champions League finals, winning one. They are two of only 10 players to have played in three Champions League finals since they joined Liverpool in 2017.

Salah leaves having played 442 games for the club (401 starts), while Robertson made 378 Liverpool appearances (334 starts). No other player has featured more often since they arrived in 2017.

Salah’s final start for Liverpool on Sunday was his 300th overall in the Premier League (6 Chelsea, 294 Liverpool), making him only the second African ever to hit that milestone after another former Red, Kolo Touré (304).

Robertson now has 294 Premier League starts, level with Darren Fletcher. The only Scottish player with more starts in the competition’s history now is former Liverpool midfielder Gary McAllister (305).

Salah produced a remarkable 257 goals 120 assists. He sits third in the club’s all-time top-scorer charts, only behind Ian Rush (346) and Roger Hunt (285).

Robertson was ever so slightly behind on 14 goals, but he also ended with 69 assists for the club. His 56 Premier League assists for Liverpool are the second most by a defender for a single club in the competition’s history, only behind former teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold (64).

Only five players managed more assists in the competition since Robertson joined, while Alexander-Arnold (1,111) attempted more open-play crosses in England’s top flight than him (973) in that time.

Salah created 769 chances for teammates in all competitions, while Robertson attempted a grand total of 1,948 crosses for Liverpool.

Since he arrived ahead of the 2017-18 season, Salah ranks first in the Premier League for goals (191), assists (93), open-play chances created (539), shots (1,115), shots on target (485), and touches in the opposition’s box (2,746).

Salah has been a force of nature. In his first campaign at Anfield, the Egyptian scored a barely believable 44 goals in 52 games. Last season, he scored 34 in 52 outings, and in between, never dipped below 23 goals in a campaign. His 12 goals in all competitions this season was comfortably his lowest total.

He hasn’t just provided goals, though. Only in the 2020-21 season (6) did Salah fail to record double figures for assists, and he racked up a whopping 23 in all competitions last term. His 18 in the Premier League was at least six more than any other player, while his 47 goal involvements overall in 2024-25 is a record for a 38-game Premier League season.

Salah is fourth in the Premier League’s all-time top-scorer list (193), while only Harry Kane (213 goals for Tottenham) has scored more goals for a single club in the competition than Salah (191 for Liverpool).

His 287 goal involvements in the Premier League are the third most in the competition’s history, with Salah having played significantly fewer games (328) than the only two men above him in the list: Alan Shearer (323 G&A in 441 games) and Wayne Rooney (311 G&A in 491 games).

All but three of those goal involvements came in a Liverpool shirt (284), making Salah the player with the most goal involvements at a single club in the Premier League.

The 33-year-old only managed seven goals and seven assists in 27 Premier League games this season, but it was an underwhelming campaign for the Reds all round.

On the other hand, Robertson scored three times in all competitions, just nine fewer than Salah (12), remarkably. That is the joint-most for the Scot for Liverpool (along with 2019-20, 2021-22 and 2023-24).

Robertson has been largely known for his assists, though. He famously had a competitive relationship with Alexander-Arnold when it came to recording the most assists each season, finally beating the now Real Madrid right-back in 2022-23 (11-10).

The former Dundee United man has produced double figures for assists for Liverpool in all competitions in four different seasons, with his best being 15 in 2021-22. However, he hasn’t managed more than two in any of his last three seasons at the club as his role and the style of the team has changed.

Both Salah and Robertson were far more than the bare numbers for Liverpool, and they will be fondly remembered for decades to come. The sort of players Reds fans tell their grandkids about.

Wherever they end up between now and retirement, their impact at Anfield will be the abiding memories of their careers, and will both take some replacing.

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