Salah and Liverpool get major boost to hopes of return to title race

It may have been low on goals but, as Jurgen Klopp received an 85th minute red card for complaining about referee Anthony Taylor’s failure to award a free-kick for a Bernardo Silva foul on his goalscorer, this game was high on drama.

SENSATIONAL: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah gets past Manchester City's Nathan Ake and Bernardo Silva. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

LIVERPOOL 1 MAN CITY 0 

MO Salah provided a timely reminder that reports of his demise as an elite Premier League striker have been greatly exaggerated with the winning goal in a contest that may prove to be the best of the current season.