If this is to be the end for Mohamed Salah at Liverpool , it could hardly have been a more fitting finale. Seven days after his incendiary interview at Elland Road, one of Anfield's all-time greats added yet another individual accolade to his imperious collection as Arne Slot's side beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League .

With his assist for Hugo Ekitike in the second half, Salah overtook Wayne Rooney to claim the record for goal contributions by a player for a single club in the Premier League era, with 188 goals and 89 assists. He could have added further gloss to that tally had he not spurned a glorious late opportunity to put Liverpool 3-0 up in front of the Kop.

Those two incidents alone serve as a microcosm of Slot's dilemma as he tries to determine exac

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