REDS FIND MOJO

Salah’s back on target again but more injury woe for Slot

- BY ANDY DUNN

Wirtz scores the second goal before Salah's stunning made it 3-0

WHEN Florian Wirtz executed the tidiest of finishes to put the outcome of this contest beyond doubt inside the first quarter, Arne Slot did not even take his hands from his pockets.

Because by then, he knew this completion of a Champions League formality would be coming at a cost.

It will certainly not go down as one of the more memorable European nights at Anfield but a clean sheet and a free-scoring run-out can do no harm.

Slot even had the enjoyment of seeing Mo Salah score his first Liverpool goal since November 1, his first since the infamous Elland Road interview.

However, less than two minutes into proceedings, Jeremie Frimpong (circled), shepherding Abdellah Zoubir at pace along the home side’ right flank, abruptly pulled up lame.

Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, an emergency centre-half in Liverpool's defensive availability crisis, put his hands to his head.