It was not pretty, it was not particularly impressive, it was probably not even deserved but how fitting that Mohamed Salah should be the decisive figure in this match.
With one of his scruffiest goals, Salah helped make sure Jurgen Klopp could celebrate a match of memorable landmarks with a victory - no matter how little consequence the triumph has. One hundred Champions League games as a manager and his 400 matches in charge of Liverpool - and for well over 80 minutes, it looked like he could be marking those achievements with another worrying result and performance.
But from a rare corner, a Darwin Nunez header was spat out by keeper Alex Meret and Salah, who has been the most important player in Klopp’s Anfield career, pounced from close range. And when Meret spilled another header from a corner - this time from Virgil van Dijk - Nunez himself grabbed an unlikely second.
