He scored the winner at Wolves on Saturday that took Liverpool to the top of the Premier League table. His ice-cold penalty that earned the Reds that hard-fought 2-1 triumph made it five goals in eight games so far this season for Salah and an incredible 216 in 357 appearances since signing for the club in the summer of 2017.

A performance at struggling Wolves that started slowly, sparked into life, veered off course and then refound its rhythm left Arne Slot’s back at the top of the Premier League. We analyse the major talking points. It wasn’t a show of force that took Liverpool to the Premier League summit.

Ibrahima Konate headed home his first ever Premier League goal and Mohamed Salah converted a penalty as Liverpool climbed to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.