Mohamed Salah used to carry Liverpool - now he resembles a weight around the team's neck following a startling loss of form since the start of the season

There were murmurs of anticipation when Mohamed Salah entered the scene. Liverpool's clash with Sunderland remained goalless. It was the start of the second half, and the stage was set for Salah to ride to the rescue.

Instead, he ran down dead ends, failed to pick out colleagues with crosses, and looked what he has now become.

Someone who used to rule the roost at Anfield, but someone his club are now preparing for a life without him. As the game unfolded, Sunderland took the lead and appeared to be heading for a seismic win.

But it was Florian Wirtz, not Salah, who spared Liverpool another crushing defeat when his shot deflecte

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