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Mohamed Salah was under the impression that Liverpool were on the verge of breaching Premier League rules by introducing a sixth substitute during their match against Southampton on Saturday.

Trailing 1-0 and striving to equalize against the league's bottom team, Liverpool made three changes at half-time with Alexis Mac Allister, Harvey Elliott and Andrew Robertson replacing Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Konstantinos Tsimikas.

During the second half, Slot also brought on Diogo Jota and Wataru Endo, which would normally have exhausted his substitutions.

It was only after match official Smith explained to Salah that due to Southampton making a concussion protocol substitution in the first half - Armel Bella-Kotchap for Jan Bednarek - both teams were allowed to make six changes.

According to International Football Association Board (IFAB) regulations, a team attempting to exceed the permitted number of substitutions "must be prevented by the referee."

If a team is mistakenly allowed to surpass the limit, the substitutions must be reversed and the incident reported post-match.

Fortunately for Liverpool, all six of Slot's substitutions were deemed legitimate, avoiding any potential issues.

The Reds also staged an impressive second-half comeback, scoring three goals to move closer to the Premier League title.

Darwin Nunez opened the scoring, followed by two penalty conversions from Salah, ultimately leaving the Saints with nothing.

With this win, Liverpool now holds a 16-point lead, although they have played two more games than Arsenal, who face a Sunday match at Old Trafford.

"We were sloppy and slow in the first half," Salah reflected postgame.
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