He's obliterating those figures at Anfield this season. His double saw him surge past Cristiano Ronaldo's 42 goals for Manchester United in the 2007-08 season, for example.
Salah won English soccer's Player of the Year award on Sunday. At this rate, the Ballon D'Or could be his next year.
His first goal came after Dzeko gave up possession cheaply in Liverpool's half. The ball made its way to Salah, who cut inside from the right edge of the penalty area and curled a shot in off the crossbar, near to the post. It couldn't have been placed any better.
If that was a typical Salah finish from his first half of the season, his second goal was a replica of a couple of his recent strikes in the Premier League.
Roberto Firmino timed his through ball perfectly and Salah outpaced Juan Jesus before applying a dinked finish over Alisson, just like he did to eliminate Manchester City in the quarterfinals.
Salah didn't celebrate either of his goals out of respect for his former teammates but he made them suffer by setting up goals for the other members of Liverpool's devastating forward line.
And when Firmino nodded in Liverpool's fifth goal, the semifinal looked over with 110 minutes remaining.
However, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp took off Salah in the 75th minute and Roma suddenly began to swarm all over the home side.
A three-goal deficit will not scare Roma's players — just look at what they did to Barcelona in the Stadio Olimpico two weeks ago. Yet, Liverpool failing to score is unlikely on the evidence of this season, particularly the first 69 minutes of this game at Anfield.
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By Steve Douglas, The Associated Press