{
  "id": 2908476,
  "title": "Salah Fires His First Brace in Turkey as Pressure Mounts on Onuachu over Goals Drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/salah-fires-his-first-brace-in-turkey-as-pressure-mounts-on-onuachu",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T00:51:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/24/salah-fires-his-first-brace-in-turkey-as-pressure-mounts-on-onuachu-over-goals-drought/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mohamed Salah made his first Turkish Super Lig start for Trabzonspor and came close to scoring a hat-trick as they defeated Istanbul Basaksehir 2-1. However, Paul Onuachu, the former Super Eagles captain and last season's top scorer with 22 goals, has been struggling to find the back of the net in his new team. In fact, Onuachu has gone 7 games without scoring since the end of last season. Salah lined up behind Onuachu in Trabzonspor's lineup, and the experienced trio - Salah, Stefan Savic, and Onuachu - have been working to boost the latter's confidence amid his goals drought. The 34-year-old Egypt international departed Liverpool on a free transfer after scoring 257 goals for the club in nine years. He joined Trabzonspor on a two-year contract, earning £280,000 per week. This was Salah's third appearance for his new side; he had previously come on as a substitute against Kasimpasa last weekend and started in their Europa League play-off first-leg loss to Ferencvaros. Salah capitalized on a deflection from Muhammed Sengezer's goalkeeper to score the opening goal, then converted a shot from 10 yards after Eldor Shomurodov had equalized. He was cautioned for simulation in the box with 11 minutes left, and thought he had completed a hat-trick with an effort into an empty net from 45 yards, but was denied by being called offside.",
  "summary": "Mohamed Salah scored a brace in his first Turkish Super Lig start for Trabzonspor – and almost had a hat-trick – as they beat Istanbul Basaksehir 2-1 last night. For",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}