Salah keeps Reds on course to end three decades of pain

A year to the day since Liverpool last tasted defeat, in a reverse to Manchester City that effectively cost them the league title, Mohamed Salah helped ensure his team remained firmly on course to put that matter right in 2020.

The intervening 12 months have made sure that such memories — Liverpool losing in the league — now feel as if they belong to a by-gone era, so rare is it to see Jurgen Klopp’s side in anything other than cruise control.