Arne Slot’s insistence that the drama surrounding Mohamed Salah had been put to bed was undermined by a report which claimed that talks between the player’s representative and Liverpool were still planned this month. Salah only clouded the situation in more uncertainty with a cryptic social media post.
At the end of arguably the most testing week of his managerial career, Slot emerged with a vital Premier League victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. Salah returned from his exile to come off the bench in the first half and tee up Hugo Ekitiké’s second goal of the game, setting a new personal milestone on an afternoon of reconciliation.
