At 71 minutes and 49 seconds into the match, the ball struck Everton defender Michael Keane’s arm, eliciting a thunderous shout from the Kop.

On 73 minutes and 21 seconds, referee Craig Pawson consulted VAR and was then told to head to the pitchside monitor to validate his verdict.

It was a long, painful 0-0 draw for the players, but Salah scored for Liverpool when his team needed it.

Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk worked together to make sure there was no foul play surrounding Salah or the penalty area before he took it, much as they had done so often for Jordan Henderson in previous years.

Van Dijk prevented any possible crowding of the referee and subsequently Salah himself, as the No. 8 snatched the ball and kept onto it until it was time for the Egyptian to take position.

“I saw it from behind, so I was probably 95% sure it was going to be a penalty,” Szoboszlai said to LFCTV.

I just held the bаll sо nо оne cоuld steаl it, аnd Virg wаs guаrding the lоcаtiоn where the penаlty wоuld be tаken. We wоrk well tоgether аs а grоup.

Although Jurgen Klopp acknowledged that Salah did not have a great performance, the Egyptian forward nevertheless managed to score twice in the Merseyside derby.

Szoboszlai insisted that it didn’t matter how he scored the goal that put him ahead of Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard on Anfield’s all-time list of goal scorers.

It wasn’t Salah’s finest game, but “you cannot always have a good day,” he replied, seemingly confused by the concept.

If you get two goals, though, this is our responsibility.He was down a few balls, but we had his back and we helped him get them back and we re-distributed them.

Although it may be challenging at times, remember that “if you score two goals then everybody’s happy in the end.”