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Mohamed Salah stopping for a chat with the media as he left the London Stadium was about as unlikely as Liverpool now winning the Premier League title this season after their dismal 2-2 draw at West Ham.

He has spoken in the mixed zone - a corridor of uncertainty where players must walk past the hungry press pack - just twice in his seven years at Liverpool. But still, a small group of reporters who cover most Reds matches optimistically went down to the bowels of the stadium.

In truth, Mail Sport was there on a mission to get some flash quotes from players on incoming boss Arne Slot. No stars did stop for a chat, clearly under instruction, but less than 10 words from Salah made bigger waves worldwide than a lengthy sit-down chat with any other player.

Salah’s bust-up with boss Jurgen Klopp made the back pages of every English newspaper and led TV bulletins back home in Cairo. They could have been accused of sensationalism after Klopp had tried to douse the fire by saying the issue had been swiftly resolved.

But minutes after the German’s public offering of an olive branch, Salah poured fuel on to the flames and within seconds, the Egyptian’s jibes were being seen globally. A man of few words as ever, but one sentence that proved that all is not well with the Liverpool legend.