Mohamed Salah returns and sets up Ekitiké to help Liverpool beat Brighton

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Mohamed Salah’s family were present for what the forward had claimed could be his goodbye to Liverpool. Say it ain’t so, Mo.There were tears in Salah’s eyes as he applauded the Kop after the final whistle of a deserved victory over Brighton but otherwise only signs that Liverpool, Slot and the player himself have it in them to move on from an unedifying episode.

Slot will also take great encouragement from Liverpool keeping back-to-back clean sheets for only the third time this season.But after Friday’s compromise between the Liverpool head coach and one of the greatest players in the club’s history this was all about Salah’s response. But, of course, the benefits of Ekitiké’s emphatic early strike exceeded the mere pattern of a game.Mohamed Salah returned to Liverpool’s squad after holding talks with Arne Slot and was named as a substitute for the game at Anfield.

Photograph: Liverpool FC/Getty ImagesWhen the unfortunate Gomez went down injured in the 25th minute Slot turned to his bench and instructed Salah to strip off. Salah pointed to the Kop when jogging over to join the celebrations.The visitors should have been level prior to Ekitiké’s second goal of the game.