DOMINIKED

Relief for Slot as Szoboszlaj's late penalty sees off fuming Italians

- IAN DOYLE

NO Mohamed Salah, no problem.

With their outspoken superstar left back at home, Liverpool's players delivered their biggest result of the season for beleaguered Arne Slot.

And the chants saluting the Reds boss that drifted down from the travelling Kop high up in the stands at San Siro after the final whistle of this impressive Champions League triumph demonstrated that they, as well as his players, remain firmly behind the Dutchman.

Dominik Szoboszlai's contentious penalty two minutes from time saw off Inter here in Milan and suggested fortune was perhaps now starting to turn in favour of Slot (below) after a difficult season was made even more so by Salah's blistering outburst at the weekend having been dropped for a third game in a row.

It won't have passed unnoticed that, as Liverpool's usual penalty taker, it should have been the Egyptian stepping up to settle this match.