The Egyptian was omitted from the Reds’ travelling squad to Inter Milan after claiming he had been thrown under the bus at Anfield and stating that he no longer had a relationship with Slot, having being benched for three successive games.

Those comments dominated the build-up to Liverpool’s tough test at the San Siro, a fourth straight game without Salah in the starting XI.

But Slot’s side did their talking on the pitch with a much-improved performance, winning 1-0 through a penalty scored by Dominik Szoboszlai - himself deputising for regular penalty-taker Salah.

Slot was able to smile and joke with the Amazon Prime panel, including former Inter player Clarence Seedorf, who quizzed him repeatedly on the Salah debacle.

“That’s your opinion,” he smiled when Seedorf suggested it should

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