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Ali (goalkeeper Alisson Becker) made sure they didn’t score earlier, they had multiple chances to score the 1-1 in the second half," said Slot, whose 36 wins in his first 50 matches is seven better than the previous bests of Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish.

"To me it felt after West Ham scored, the way the second half went, we could expect to score more but our fans and players thought differently.

"From the moment they scored the 1-1 we started playing again, we started pressing again, the fans were really loud at that time.

Mohamed Salah (above), celebrating the signing of a new contract, did not score but his cross for Luis Diaz’s 18th-minute effort was his 45th Premier League goal involvement (27 goals, 18 assists) and the most in a 38-game season.

But it was another player who is set to sign a new two-year deal this week, Van Dijk, who played the decisive role – although Alisson would argue his saves, particularly in the second half, were equally as important.

"Alisson had probably his best game of the season, Virgil scored the header that got us three points and Mo was again very important in the first goal and really lively in the first half.


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