Premier League 2019/20, Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: 5 Hits and Flops

#3 Flop: Mohamed Salah

Salah endured a forgettable display against his former side, despite Liverpool's narrow win

To start the new season, Salah's performances have often either been impressive or largely ineffective, with little in-between. Here, it was more a repeat of the latter where he found himself effectively nullified by his former side who exposed the forward's willingness to receive possession without actually doing much productively with the ball.

He created the assist for Alexander-Arnold's sublime opener with a deft lay-off, but that was more to do with the actual strike than his individual pass. Easily outmuscled and regularly coming out second best against a motivated Tomori down the right-hand side, the 27-year-old lost possession a whopping 26 times over the 90 minutes and regularly cut a frustrated figure while his attacking partners Firmino and Mane enjoyed more success.

Often a bystander out of possession, he rarely tracked back and when he did? Committing fouls was a common theme, to the point where Chelsea were getting joy switching the play down his side as time wore on in the second-half. Wasteful with his half-chances and unreliable in possession (68.6% pass success), this was a frustrating display from someone Liverpool expect better from, particularly in games of this magnitude.