Salah's fitness was the major topic of conversation around Liverpool's team selection before this game - and his decisive contribution in the 56th minute demonstrated exactly why.
The striker was substituted in the first leg with a groin problem but was fully fit and restored at the start as Liverpool protected that three-goal lead from Anfield.
The Egyptian was powerless in the first half as City tried to claw that deficit back in a thunderous first 45 minutes that saw Jurgen Klopp's side under siege.
In this golden season, however, Salah only needs one chance and so it proved again as he Magic Salah delivers again
Salah's fitness was the major topic of
conversation around Liverpool's team selection before this game - and his decisive contribution in the 56th minute demonstrated exactly why.
The striker was substituted in the first leg with a groin problem but was fully fit and restored at the start as Liverpool protected that three-goal lead from Anfield.
The Egyptian was powerless in the first half as City tried to claw that deficit back in a thunderous first 45 minutes that saw Jurgen Klopp's side under siege.
In this golden season, however, Salah only needs one chance and so it proved again as he collected the ball as it ran loose from Mane's drive into the area before delivering a composed lofted finish with the confidence of a man who feels he cannot miss.
These are the sort of game-changing
contributions needed at this elite level and Salah delivers them.
It was fitting that the underrated Firmino added Liverpool's second with equal calm as City ran out of hope - but it was Salah's cool head in this frantic atmosphere that changed the course and emphasis of this quarter-final second leg.
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