Published: 17:00, 9 April 2026 | Updated: 17:05, 9 April 2026

Arne Slot needed some inspiration with his Liverpool team looking down and out in Paris so turned round to those waiting patiently on the substitutes' bench.

Mohamed Salah, sporting a neutral facial expression but most likely brimming with frustration internally, was left waiting in his high-vis bib and club tracksuit.

When in desperate need of a goal at 2-0 down to Paris Saint-Germain, Slot did not fancy the man with 255 of them for the club.

Not for the first time this season, the forward was deemed surplus to requirements. Soon, he will wave farewell after nine years and whether Slot likes to admit it or not, he is losing a mighty good player. The best of his era at Liverpool, maybe the Premier League in general, the greatest goalscorer we have seen in England over the last decade.

Fresh on the back of spending £450million last summer, those in charge at Anfield are now drafting up their plan for how to replace Salah – and it won't be easy.

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