First came the serenade to Mohamed Salah and then, seconds later, the chorus of Arne Slot’s name. Anfield did not need to choose between Liverpool’s greatest player of the last decade and title-winning manager. They could have both. For one more afternoon. Perhaps for much longer.
Seven days after Salah had claimed they had no relationship any more, it was repaired sufficiently to allow his return. Slot suggested their problems are in the past. “For me there is no issue to resolve,” he said. “For me, he is the same as any other player.” Which was not the case when he was a man apart, banished from the squad who travelled to Milan. But a rapprochement meant Liverpool could celebrate a happy ending to a fraught week.
