Slot, with his innate ability to downplay anything, countered: “I would hope the ones that haven’t won it yet - that you call not the big ones - that they would want to win something as well.” And so they surely do: Dominik Szoboszlai, the other scorer at the Etihad, didn’t hear the fans singing that they were going to win the league because, on the final whistle, he collapsed to the turf in exhaustion.
And Salah’s unfulfilled ambition reflects two elements: that one Premier League title is an unflattering return considering Liverpool’s excellence over his seven years at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah had already scored for the eighth consecutive game, helping Liverpool to record a second 2-0 win over Manchester City this season.
Now Salah is in a different league to everyone else: six clear in the division’s goal charts, six clear in the assists table.
The Egyptian has revealed why another title matters so much to the core of Jurgen Klopp’s famous sides, with the Reds now 11 points clear of Arsenal.
