TANAKA SEALS REAL CRACKER

Slot machine fails to pay out as Japanese ace hits Yate leveller to stop Mo-mentum

- JEREMY CROSS

ARNE SLOT took a peak into life without Mo Salah - and hated what he saw.

He watched his Liverpool side blow a two-goal lead at Elland Road before pulling ahead late on and then slipping up on a remarkable but familiar night in Yorkshire.

Hugo Ekitike put the visitors in total control with two goals in less than three minutes after the break.

But Leeds hit back to draw level through Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Anton Stach to turn the game on its head.

Dominik Szoboszlai pounced 10 minutes from time to make it 3-2 to the visitors.

Only for Ao Tanaka to lash home an equaliser, leaving Slot stinging in the rain on the touchline.

Salah will board a plane to Morocco next weekend - and cannot take flight quickly enough.

And who can blame him? Because when he arrives at the Africa Cup of Nations, he will at least have some games of football to look forward to.