Slot Needed A Performance - And Liverpool Delivered One

Despite Liverpool's dominance, nan talk astatine half-time was of Mohamed Salah's missed penalty. For a man who seldom misses, it was an unusually anemic effort and 1 that would surely person sewage nan headlines had Liverpool not progressed.

By now, Salah's hunger for occurrence is clear and it said volumes that instantly aft his miss, he forced a prevention from Ugurcan Cakir.

And nan Egyptian was progressive successful each 3 of Liverpool's second-half goals to headdress disconnected a terrific all-round display.

First, Salah teed up Hugo Ekitike and it was Ryan Gravenberch who vanished aft Salah's onslaught was saved, for Liverpool's third.

The extremity to make it 4-0 was a activity of creation arsenic nan 33-year-old utilized his near ft to curl a sublime effort into nan apical area from extracurricular nan box.

"It says a batch astir his mentality," said Slot. "That was a difficult infinitesimal [when he missed nan penalty] but past to travel retired successful nan 2nd half pinch a awesome assistance for Hugo and past people a trademark extremity coming wrong and uncovering nan apical corner.

"That tells you a batch astir his intelligence strength, truthful in installments to him and nan full squad because adversity is thing we tin talk astir erstwhile it comes to this season."

Salah could person easy had much connected a nighttime wherever he became nan first African to people 50 Champions League goals and recorded his 200th and 201st extremity involvements for Liverpool astatine Anfield successful each competitions (140 goals, 61 assists) successful conscionable 211 appearances.

There was immoderate interest erstwhile Salah asked to beryllium substituted successful nan 74th minute, pinch Slot saying afterwards that he had felt something.

But this was different timely reminder of his sheer class. Salah's numbers unsocial are stupendous and whether aliases not he is still a Liverpool subordinate travel adjacent season, location is small uncertainty that Liverpool person a stronger chance of knocking retired PSG pinch him fresh and firing.