LIVERPOOL, England -- With a beaming smile, Mohamed Salah assumed his place on the Anfield advertising hoardings and soaked up the applause from his adoring public.

The 33-year-old had just put Liverpool 2-0 up in their UEFA Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid , having provided Andy Robertson with the assist for his team's first goal only minutes earlier. On a night when British-record signing Alexander Isak made his Liverpool debut, the Reds' Egyptian King showed he has no intention of abdicating his throne just yet, as the hosts won 3-2 .

Against Atletico, Salah became the only player in Champions League history to both score and assist inside the opening six minutes of a match for an English club. It is perhaps not the most noteworthy statistic in the forward

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