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Freddie Keighley

How Liverpool's rampant goalscorers compare to previous Premier League champions

Liverpool's sensational surge to a 25-point advantage at the Premier League's summit has seen them break and set a number of records.

Jurgen Klopp's rampant Reds have set an English top-flight record of winning 22 home games in a row - a tally which is ongoing.

They are also on course to break the points record and claim the Premier League title by the largest margin ever.

And much of Liverpool's success this campaign has been due to the quality across their entire starting XI - with almost every player started by Jurgen Klopp finding the back of the net at some stage.

Only Lovren and Gomez have started a Premier League game outfield and not scored for Liverpool this season (John Powell)

In fact, 16 out of Liverpool's 18 outfield starters this season - 89 per cent - have scored and the Anfield club are on the verge of setting a new record for Premier League-winning squads.

The current record holders are Manchester United, who won the league in the 2012/13 season with 86 per cent of their starters scoring, according to a report by The Athletic

As a caveat, Nick Powell also scored off the bench for the Red Devils but did not start a Premier League match during Sir Alex Ferguson's final season.

Sir Alex Ferguson and Robin van Persie after winning the 2013 league title (Man Utd via Getty Images)

In comparison, Manchester City won the Premier League last season with 75 per cent of starters scoring and the campaign before that with just 65 per cent.

Meanwhile, only 57 per cent of starters in Jose Mourinho's Premier League-winning teams from the 2004-05 and 2014-15 seasons got themselves on the scoresheet.

Another iconic Premier League-winning team, the Arsenal Invincibles of 2003/04 - saw 60 per cent of their starters score, with Thierry Henry notching an incredible 30 goals en route to their top-flight title.

The lowest percentage of any team comes from Manchester United's triumph in the 2002-03 season, where only 53 per cent of starters scored for the Red Devils.

Manchester City won the Premier League last season with 75 per cent of starters scoring (JAMES BOARDMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Only six regular starters netted for United that season, whereas only one regular starter has not scored for Liverpool this season: Joe Gomez. The other starter not to score for Liverpool is fellow centre-back Dejan Lovren.

But the fact that 16 of Liverpool's 18 players have scored shows that their surge to the league title epitomises a 'team effort'.

Players who rarely score have popped up with big goals in big games. For example, Andy Robertson led the latest of comebacks against Aston Villa in November, Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring away at Chelsea and Fabinho's thunderbolt sank Manchester City.

Elsewhere, players usually found on the bench but awarded starts on occasion have also contributed.

Joel Matip scored a header against Arsenal, Xherdan Shaqiri netted against Everton and James Milner has scored two penalties against Leicester City - at times Liverpool's biggest rivals this season.

With Liverpool cruising to the title, Gomez may be given extra chances to try and score his first senior career goal.

Could the England centre-back even be handed a penalty by usual 12-yard specialists Salah or Milner?

It might just take that for Gomez - who has only had one shot all season - to snatch another record for Liverpool.

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