As Liverpool's aspirations of retaining their Premier League have been tossed and blown in recent weeks, Mohamed Salah has walked on through the storm.
A 'crisis' at Anfield that saw defeats to Burnley, Brighton, Manchester City and Leicester - not to mention an FA Cup exit to Manchester United - has weirdly coincided with a Salah purple patch.
The Egyptian star made it seven goals in seven games in opening the scoring in Tuesday night's Champions League win over RB Leipzig in Budapest. In that time, his team-mates have scored only five combined.