Ekitike stars in Liverpool win as Salah makes return

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Hugo Ekitike stars in Liverpool win as Mohamed Salah returns to line-up Updated / Saturday, 13 Dec 2025 17:37 Hugo Ekitike completes his brace Hugo Ekitike scored both goals – including the fastest of the Premier League season – as Mohamed Salah made an earlier than expected return in Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Brighton at Anfield. Salah’s immediately combined with Alexis Mac Allister to almost set up Ekitike and the Kop broke into Salah’s song before he was involved again as Ekitike volleyed wide.

And after the Egypt international forced Bart Verbruggen into his first save of the second half at the expense of a corner and the unmarked Ekitike headed home the chant for the Frenchman was quickly replaced with a louder one for Salah, closely followed by another for Slot. He finished the game paired with Alexander Isak, the British record-signing bought to eventually replace his weight of goals, but – perhaps symptomatic of his season – missed his moment by firing over Federico Chiesa’s cross in added time.

Ekitike continued to pose a threat in the second half but could not find a finish to match the quality of his driving run, although Brighton were becoming more dangerous with Diego Gomez hitting Alisson’s right-hand upright and Brajan Gruda dragging wide. After Ekitike fired over when Mac Allister released Salah the Egyptian took matters into his own hands with the shot which led to the Frenchman’s second goal.