SPOT of relief for Reds

NO SALAH, NO PROBLEM AS REDS GET THE BREAK THEY NEED TO DELIVER SLOT'S BIGGEST RESULT OF THE SEASON

- By IAN DOYLE at San Siro

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 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.

Instead, Szoboszlai’s composed finish was no less than the visitors deserved after a performance that bore all the hallmarks of last season's Premier League triumph rather than a side that went into this match with just four wins out of 15.

Liverpool's committed display hardly smacked of a team that wasn’t playing for their head coach. On this evidence the rift appears not to have extended beyond Salah and Slot.