Mohamad Salah can adapt to new Liverpool role as future star waits in the wings

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Mohamed Salah has now gone nine Premier League matches without a goal for Liverpool for the first time. While the performance left plenty to be desired, the steely mentality offered encouragement.Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo’s simultaneous substitution, Rio Ngumoha’s electric impact, and Salah going nine Premier League games without a goal for the first time each attracted understandable attention – although the latter is another reminder of the Egyptian’s astounding standards.And, familiarly, there’s context.

Injury returnees and more, sensibly-managed Ngumoha minutes could all help.With West Ham United’s visit on Saturday, the first of seven games in 22 days and Friday’s Champions League draw set to confirm whether we’ll face Galatasaray or Atlético Madrid twice in that stretch, hopefully the coming weeks’ intensity will bring further productive developments.Andrew CullenWhat to make of Mohamed Salah’s season. Even the most ardent Salah fan would have to accept that Salah’s form has precipitously dropped this year - he is absent, his finishing radar is skewed, and he is seemingly incapable of beating an opposition player.

For periods last season, Salah carried the team, but this year the team are carrying Salah.Looking towards the horizon, can we see a future Liverpool team with Salah leading the line? Let’s hope that Salah rages against his dying Liverpool light.