After heartbreak in the 2018 Champions League final against Real Madrid – in which a shoulder injury ended Salah’s involvement during the first half – he and Liverpool returned a year later.
Personal and collective closure was achieved when Salah lashed home a second-minute spot-kick versus Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid and Klopp’s men went on to win the showpiece 2-0 and lift Old Big Ears.
Such bouncing back was mirrored in the Premier League a season later; 97 points had not been enough to win the title in 2018-19, but 99 certainly were in 2019-20. Salah supplied 29 goal contributions to the ending of a 30-year wait for a championship.
A standard-setter on and off the pitch to help the Reds compete at the top level again, his goal hauls in the next four campaigns came to 31, 31, 30 and 25.
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That spell included a remarkable 2021-22 that featured an historic hat-trick in a 5-0 win at Old Trafford, medals in the League Cup and FA Cup, and a thrilling tilt at a quadruple that narrowly fell short.
He enhanced his all-round game, too, becoming a creator as well as finisher – evidenced by 67 assists between 2021 and 2025.
The Egyptian King, who was serenaded by adoring Kopites at every game, set his stall out publicly at the end of a 2023-24 term in which Liverpool’s title challenge faltered and Champions League football was absent.
“We know that trophies are what count and we will do everything possible to make that happen next season,” he said. “Our fans deserve it and we will fight like hell.”
The actions that followed in 2024-25 spoke even louder than those words.
It was arguably Salah’s magnum opus in the red shirt, with a record-equalling 47 goal involvements in the Premier League (29 goals, 18 assists) spearheading a run to the title being clinched with four matches to spare, under new head coach [**Arne Slot**](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/arne-slot).