Mohamed Salah’s hat-trick inspired Liverpool to a dramatic 4-3 opening-day win over Leeds United on Saturday.
The Premier League champions’ title defence began in breathtaking fashion at Anfield, with a coolly converted late penalty from Salah finally settling a frenetic contest that saw the newly promoted visitors equalise on three occasions.
Virgil van Dijk was also on target for the Reds, whose focus now turns to next weekend’s trip to Chelsea.
Here are five talking points on Saturday’s seven-goal thriller…
‘A very, very special player’
That was how Jürgen Klopp described Salah after witnessing another virtuoso display from his No.