Premier League: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah targets Ian Rush's club record of 47 goals scored in single season

London: Mohamed Salah has set his sights on breaking Ian Rush’s Liverpool record for the most goals scored in a single season. Salah bagged his 40th goal of the campaign when he netted in Liverpool’s win against Bournemouth on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_4438167” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Mohamed Salah has scored 40 goals for Liverpool this season and is seven behind Ian Rush’s record tally. AP[/caption] Now he is only seven goals short of equalling Liverpool legend Rush’s club record mark of 47, which he set in 1983-84. With four Premier League matches and a two-legged Champions League semi-final to come, the Egypt star has a good chance of achieving his goal at the end of a dream first season with Liverpool following his move from AS Roma last year. “There’s a big chance to break the record, to be number one for a club like Liverpool, it’s something huge,” Salah told Premier League Productions. “I will be very happy if I break it. I’m happy about 40, I want to keep scoring, I want to be number one for the record. “It’s always good when you see your name with legends of a club like Liverpool, it’s a different feeling and I’m very happy about that. “But I always try to look at myself and I want more. I have 40 now, I’m telling myself, ‘Why not? You can be number one!’” Salah is a strong contender to win the Footballer of the Year award, but he insists he is more concerned with enjoying a successful finish to the season with Liverpool, who face Roma in the Champions League semi-finals. “I will try my best to break the record but, as I’ve said before, we play as 11 players, I play for the team,” he said. “It’s not about individual awards, it’s something for the team. I’m sure if I have a chance to give it to someone else to score, I will - it’s not about me, it’s about us.”