Pep Guardiola must feel as though there is sometimes no respite as Manchester City manager. Five days after seeing Lionel Messi consign his team to defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, he must now prepare to face Liverpool's Mohamed Salah in a game that could ultimately prove key to this season's Premier League title race.
Having spent all summer trying -- and failing -- to sign Harry Kane from Tottenham, you only need to take a brief glimpse at Salah's strike-rate and balletic movement to suggest that the Egypt international may have been the perfect solution to Guardiola's search for a prolific forward to replace Sergio Aguero.