Liverpool 1-1 Brentford: "Ridiculous" Mo Salah shows Arne Slot the standards his replacement needs to hit in Premier League

Written by David Lynch, Liverpool expert:

Liverpool did not request a vintage Mohamed Salah show connected his last crippled for the nine to cognize what they volition beryllium missing erstwhile helium leaves this summer.

They person already built up capable grounds of his value crossed this forgettable season, 1 successful which the Egyptian's accustomed ridiculous standards person slipped somewhat owed to the consequences of ageing.

Without his emblematic haul of astir 20 Premier League goals, the Reds person looked toothless, uncovering themselves successful a conflict to scope the Champions League alternatively than a rubric contention arsenic a result.

Despite spending astir £200m connected their onslaught past summer, not 1 subordinate has yet proven themselves susceptible of stepping up to capable the void.

For that reason, Salah remains Liverpool's astir important attacker, arsenic helium proved present successful teeing up Curtis Jones successful superb manner having earlier deed the post.

It was the forward's 94th Premier League assist, with that his 93rd for the Reds, moving him 1 beyond Steven Gerrard (92) arsenic the outright person successful that statistic for the club.

That is the benignant of output that volition request to beryllium replaced if this nine is to instrumentality to challenging for apical honours connected a accordant basis.

Liverpool 1-1 Brentford: Yan Diomande oregon Bradley Barcola arsenic Mo Salah's "replacement"?

Where Liverpool mightiness find their Salah replacement is 1 of the astir absorbing questions they indispensable reply crossed the people of a pivotal summer.

Having injured his Achilles recently, Hugo Ekitike is efficaciously ruled retired of being the reply earlier the last throes of the adjacent campaign.

Alexander Isak, meanwhile, indispensable bash infinitely amended successful presumption of some the prime of his performances and availability aft a woeful archetypal play successful red.

Perhaps, then, the existent replacement is simply a subordinate who has yet to articulation the club, with Yan Diomande and Bradley Barcola among the wingers linked.

Of people the likeliest result of each - 1 which nary Liverpool instrumentality volition privation to look - is that, successful the abbreviated word astatine least, Salah proves to efficaciously beryllium irreplaceable.