It feels a little like 2019. Crowds are back in stadia. A degree of normality has returned to life. And Liverpool look invincible. Specifically, Mohamed Salah look as though he can do just whatever he wants with the ball, score when he pleases like the best kid in a school game.
In a game in which Roberto Firmino scored a superb poacher’s hat-trick, still it was Salah who provided the outstanding moments.
As Lionel Messi possibly begins his long goodbye from the game, it as though Salah has picked up the gauntlet for scoring inconceivable goals that make opponents look like children.