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Scott Saunders

What We Learned in Premier League Round 12: Mohamed Salah Delivers Again, Sends Liverpool a Message

Mohamed Salah sent Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League. | IMAGO/Paul Terry/Sportimage

The Premier League is back, and it's come out swinging. There's narratives unfolding everywhere you turn and there's no sign of it stopping. It's full steam ahead from here for months to come.

This weekend saw Mohamed Salah pull an error-strewn Liverpool eight points clear of the pack by firing two goals against a somehow more-error-strewn Southampton, who make a habit of this kind of thing from the foot of the table. Salah underlined his importance to Liverpool on the pitch yet again but threw his club under the bus off it as he publicly revealed his disappointment at not yet receiving a new contract offer.

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