FA Community Shield 2019: Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool (5-4 on pens) - 5 Talking Points

#4 Mohamed Salah bright but crucially wasteful when it mattered most

Salah was Liverpool's brightest attacking spark but crucially missed a handful of promising chances

Mohamed Salah meanwhile, was Liverpool's brightest spark in a real game of two halves for Jurgen Klopp's side. However, despite flashes of the brilliant skill and movement to bamboozle City's backline in transition, Salah endured a frustrating day in front of goal.

Similar to how he was playing during the second half of last season, Salah was often selfish and seemed overly keen on going it alone where possible. That can be justified when you're on top form, scoring goals and having success galore but Salah was ridiculously wasteful in front of goal. Rather than to see that and take a backseat, it fuelled further motivation within him to finally beat an impressive Claudio Bravo and the City side.

His movement was brilliant and he ended up a nuisance for City to contend with, but he hit the woodwork twice and ended up taking 10 of the Reds' 17 shots over the 90 minutes. For a world-class forward, that's simply not efficient nor sustainable enough to justify such numbers - while being dispossessed on seven occasions and failing to set the tone with Roberto Firmino-type pressing out of possession.

Admittedly, the season hasn't truly begun yet so you can make the argument that he's yet to find his goalscoring range. However, time waits for no man and after a frustrating AFCON campaign with Egypt last month, he'll be longing for more club silverware going forward. As their talisman, he must start firing and soon - not least with the quality of promising chances that he squandered on this occasion.