There was an inevitability about it as soon as Mohamed Salah was an unused substitute in last week’s first leg, and was then restored to the XI for Saturday’s Premier League win over Fulham: the Liverpool superstar is benched again for the crunch visit of Paris Saint-Germain to Anfield.
Unfathomable as anything but an automatic starter less than 12 months ago, it’s an indicator of just how far Salah has fallen in what is now confirmed to be his final season for the club, where he has made himself an all-time legend over the past nine years.
