In a pre-match dominated by the noise around Mohamed Salah's contract, it was his second-half celebration with the Liverpool fans that drowned it out.
Salah's 20th goal of an increasingly productive Premier League campaign was the moment this game drifted out of sight for a spirited Brighton to take the visiting Reds to within three points of Manchester City at the top.
But it was also the moment that the man so affectionately known as the 'Egyptian King' washed away the fuss kicked up by his own camp on the eve of this vital clash at the Amex.
