There is a school of thought that Mohamed Salah is suffering without Trent Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool.

Since the England international moved to Real Madrid in May, the Egypt international has only scored three goals in 11 appearances across all competitions.

There is a theory that the Liverpool No.11 is missing the chances regularly created by the Real Madrid No.12 – who assisted 13 goals for him in 319 appearances together at Anfield.

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However, Mohamed Salah has already proven that he can thrive without Trent Alexander-Arnold.

2017/18 campaign shows Mohamed Salah theory carries little weight

The Egyptian remarkably scored 44 goals and provided 16 assists in 52 appearances across all competitions in the 2017/18 campaign – his first season at Anfield following a £34m move from Roma in June 2017.

At the same time, Alexander-Arnold was yet to truly break into the starting XI under Jurgen Klopp that term, making just 18 starts out of a possible 38 in the Premier League.

Of all those 44 goals for Salah, who adores Virgil van Dijk, that season, the Liverpool academy graduate only assisted two of them, which is proof the 33-year-old can succeed...