Talking after the sport, Ekitike described sharing a pitch with Salah as “a blessing”, including he was “the sort of participant who makes us like to look at soccer”.

However the French ahead and Co will not now share a pitch with their team-mate till January on the earliest, with Salah probably lacking eight video games if Egypt go all the way in which to the ultimate in Morocco on 18 January.

“I suppose everyone might be leaving Anfield with that feeling of what is going on to occur subsequent with Mo Salah,” ex-Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton stated on Last Rating. “Is he going to remain or is he going to go? However it’s been an excellent week for Slot.

“I do not suppose it was a goodbye. There have been a few moments the place we you thought, ‘was {that a} wave or not’, however it simply seemed like he was applauding the followers like he does each week, and as quite a lot of the opposite gamers did.

“It will be attention-grabbing to see how this case pans out. If you happen to’re a Liverpool fan you wish to hold your greatest gamers so you may be hoping it really works out.”

A serious plus for Liverpool is that, with out Salah beginning in any of the previous 5 video games, they’re nonetheless unbeaten and have proven they will cope with out the Egyptian talisman.

That in itself will give Slot confidence. However, within the long-term, having a match and firing Salah can solely be a constructive for his aspect.

“I spoke to him yesterday and as I normally by no means say something about what we speak about, I’m not going to make an exception now,” added Slot.

“However I believe actions converse louder than what has been stated and he was within the squad once more and once I needed to make my first substitutions, I introduced him in and he carried out as each fan together with me would love him to.”

It’s clear Slot is completely satisfied to select Salah once more, but additionally clear there’s nonetheless no definitive conclusion after a tumultuous week for each events – and Liverpool.