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Jurgen Klopp leaving was reason enough to think that, but Mohamed Salah was simply in no mood to accept it.

It would be a stretch to say Salah has single-handedly pulled Liverpool toward the Premier League title — that would be unfair to the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch — but the Egyptian is having an all-timer of a campaign.

Salah was magnificent going both ways in Manchester, with the Egyptian putting others to shame in terms of his work ethic.

Kevin De Bruyne is just a year older than Salah but there could not have been more of a difference here.

At this point, it seems inevitable that he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires in the summer — meanwhile, it should be inevitable that Salah pens an extension.

While De Bruyne looks set to move to MLS, it would be a travesty if Salah was anywhere other than at Anfield when the 2025/26 campaign kicks off in August.

He got his goal via a very clever corner routine that caught Manchester City out and then with a lead to hold, Liverpool defended diligently.

Contrast that to some of Manchester City's key men: Pep Guardiola flung his arms in the air when Phil Foden didn't track his man in the first half and then looked helpless as Salah breezed past Josko Gvardiol as if the Croatian was not there.

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Arne Slot speaks to Mohamed Salah during the win over Man City.

"What pleased me most today is that mostly we have — in every game apart from this one I think, and maybe the home game against City or Chelsea — more ball possession so that means we bring him many, many, many times in promising positions.

"Today there wasn’t that many moments we could bring [Salah] in promising positions, but these seven, eight, nine or 10 moments that we gave him the ball in those positions, he was every time a threat
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