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But excluding Mohamed Salah, you could make the case for a few — Alexis Mac Allister is certainly one of them, and he's been praised for his leadership role.

In his debut campaign under Jurgen Klopp, bargain buy Mac Allister was so good as a lone number six that many were reluctant to move him.

But the influence Mac Allister brings to bear on pretty much every Liverpool game is admirable, and the win over West Ham was no different.



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Credit, incidentally, should go to referee Andy Madley — how many times this season have we seen referees give cheap free kicks in these positions?

After winning it back, Mac Allister was laser-focused on making the difference.

"And that was shown again by Alexis Mac Allister as Liverpool then pressed for a winner.

"Mac Allister simply refused to accept we were going to miss out on a victory, and he more than anyone made sure we didn’t by first winning then taking the corner from which Van Dijk scored.

Alexis Mac Allister and Virgil van Dijk celebrate after they combined for Liverpool's late winner against West Ham

Mac Allister has something of Salah about him in the way he is always striving for more and setting standards for those around him.

Obviously, the greatest share of the plaudits will belong to Salah when Liverpool wraps up the title, an outcome which now appears to be a matter of time
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