It was a goal worthy of winning any game. Only not this one. When Mohamed Salah picked up possession for Liverpool in the inside-right channel on 76 minutes, there did not appear to be too much on.

But Salah is in a rare groove of form and, after getting the position on Rodri, the way he rolled his studs over the top of the ball to trick past Bernardo Silva was balletic. Salah was not finished. Into the area, he went one way and then the other to bamboozle Aymeric Laporte in the tightest of spaces before slotting a finish into the bottom corner.

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