Has Arne Slot just found a fix for Mohamed Salah and Liverpool’s biggest problem?

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He had not had as many on target for almost four years, since the 2022 Champions League final, when he encountered Thibaut Courtois’ heroic display of resistance. “But second half he kept his calm, [got an] an assist and a goal.” It was the third time this season that Salah had done the double of a goal and an assist in the same match.

But he was in a front two with Ekitike; moving Salah infield felt a reason why he was able to have more shots. And if the short-term beneficiary of Slot’s 4-4-2 could be Salah, perhaps the long-term one will be Isak.The unanswered question of how the Swede and Ekitike play together has looked unanswerable at times; neither really wants to be on the left touchline.

His goal on Wednesday was just his fifth in 20 matches, and two of the others were against Wolves.But Slot – himself thrown under the bus by Salah in his Elland Road outburst – deserves credit for the understated way in which he has handled the thorny issue of a declining and outspoken superstar. His answer was usually to pick Salah on the right.