OVATION PROVES HE IS STILL THE KING OF THE KOP

ANDY DUNN'S VERDICT

- ANDY DUNN'S

THEY gave Hugo Ekitike the rapturous acclaim he was due but soon turned their attention to a substitute who has not been able to get a game for a while.

He had only swung over a standard corner kick and the Brighton defence and Ekitike's head had done the rest, but Mohamed Salah still felt moved to point triumphantly towards the Kop.

And their response told you, noisily and emphatically, that - contrary to the opinions of many a pundit, ex-player and phone-in character - Salah has lost no respect among the match-going Liverpool fans.

If those fans believed Salah had undermined the club, the manager and even his teammates, they did one hell of a job of pretending otherwise.

Liverpool fans are not going to demonise one of their greatest-ever players for an ill-advised post-match interview.