Mohamed Salah’s 250th goal sinks Aston Villa to send Liverpool third in Premier League

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This, it may be argued, could prove the night Liverpool’s luck turned. Ryan Gravenberch wrapped up the three points for Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)Gravenberch celebrates after scoring Liverpool's second goal (Getty Images)Yet given the run Liverpool have been on and, with Real Madrid and Manchester City next, the spectre of nine defeats in 10, it mattered less how they won than simply that they did.

He tormented Lucas Digne.Like Liverpool, Salah had been in a malaise and, given his role in pivotal influence in the good times, it is unsurprising they were connected. But Salah had belted a consolation goal at Brentford; an otherwise grim night for Liverpool may have yielded a bonus.

Right-footed finishes have been a relative rarity – this was just a 38th of those 250 – but was rolled in with precision as he found the net at Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since the opening night of the season.Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring Liverpool's opener (AFP via Getty Images)Liverpool’s supporters had celebrated two minutes earlier, when Hugo Ekitike headed in Dominik Szoboszlai’s cross. It was the Georgian’s most convincing performance of his brief Liverpool career and an outing to illustrated why he is considered among the best young goalkeepers in the global game.He helped Liverpool keep just a third clean sheet of the campaign.