Three points forward; once more a three-point gap. And on goes the world’s premier staring contest. Blinking is strictly prohibited. With focus narrowed on Mohamed Salah after his agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, responded to Jürgen Klopp’s comments about a contract extension with seven laughing emojis, the Egyptian did not take his eye off the ball. His emphatic second-half penalty, thumped down the middle in front of the travelling fans, sealed Liverpool’s eighth straight league win.
Luis Díaz once again showed why, should the worst happen, life can go on. To say he has hit the ground running is like describing Usain Bolt as a jogger. On his first league start away from Anfield he flicked, kicked, twisted and spun to the ground. Each time he got up and cracked on, including thankfully after nodding Liverpool into the lead before being flattened by Robert Sánchez.
