National media ask same question about Mohamed Salah as Liverpool uncertainty continues – 'Tears in his eyes'

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So he was again; not by Salah’s words after the game but by his presence in it. A few days after it seemed he may have played his last game for Liverpool, he played his next.

There was an immediate reason, too: Salah had helped put the game beyond Brighton, the supporters singing his name before he took the corner that Ekitike headed in.”While Salah might have hinted last weekend that Saturday’s clash with Brighton could be his last appearance for Liverpool, Andy Hunter of the Guardian wrote how Anfield has no desire for that to be the case.He wrote: “There were tears in Mohamed Salah’s eyes when he applauded the Kop after the final whistle and his family were present, as requested, for what the forward had suggested could be his goodbye to Liverpool. Beyond question was the 33-year-old’s determination to make an impact after his 26th-minute introduction, Arne Slot’s willingness to put the team above the individual and Anfield’s appreciation for one of its greatest talents.“Salah’s name reverberated from the Kop when he entered the fray, when he delivered the corner that produced Hugo Ekitiké’s second goal and after victory was secured.

There is a season to save.”The Daily Mail’s Ian Herbert would also suggest there is perhaps more to Salah’s Liverpool story despite the events of the past week, though pointed out the Egyptian’s thunder on this occasion was stolen by one team-mate.He wrote: “He said he was bringing his mother for a look around the place where he has traced the track of so many wonderful years and when he stood apart from others during the warmup, gazing wistfully around in a valedictory way, you sensed he was conveying another of those messages he lands so well.“But Anfield has a way of altering the course of events, shaping its own history, giving more back to those it loves most. But this was no less a reaffirmation of the vows and evidence that Salah will surely be here to help Liverpool put their current travails away.”Sam Wallace of the Daily Telegraph wrote how Salah, at times, looked like his old self but is still not reaching his previous heights as Slot’s Liverpool continue to find their way.He wrote: “He was last off the pitch at the end, his adapted song from the band James hastily played on the public address system at Anfield and if this was not farewell for Mohamed Salah then it certainly looked pregnant with significance.“The great No 11, whose Saturday night outburst prompted a week of Anfield tumult, is off to play for Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations and whether he comes back to Merseyside is very much up for debate.