When Jurgen Klopp fashioned his great Liverpool team, Mohamed Salah was the final piece in an attacking triumverate that matched anything in Europe.

With Salah on the right providing a blizzard of goals, Brazil’s Roberto Firmino providing silky touches allied to moments of genius through the centre and beyond, plus Sadio Mane delivering selfless brilliance and menace on the left, Liverpool swept up the major prizes.

The trio provided the Reds’ adaptable, unstoppable spearhead – and now head coach Arne Slot’s Liverpool machine has a new three-dimensional threat with echoes of the silver-lined past.

Salah is the kingpin, his goal in the 5-0 thrashing of West Ham United racking up another remarkable number as it was his 20th goal in all competitions this season, a figure he has now reached in all of his eight seasons at Liverpool.

Salah’s goal and assist means he has now been involved in 52 goals in all competitions in 2024 – 29 goals and 23 assists – which is more than any other player in Europe’s big five leagues.

He has also scored and assisted in eight different Premier League games this season, already the most any player has achieved in a single campaign.

“Mo and the word ‘extraordinary’ is something I have heard a lot over the last six months and he deserves that,” said Slot. “He also works so hard for the team.”

Salah may be the headline act these days, but he is not working alone as Liverpool cut a swathe through the Premier League, where they have an eight-point lead going into 2025, and Champions League, where they also head the table in this season’s new format.