Arne Slot has backed his ‘superhuman’ forward Mohamed Salah to shake off the blues and get back to his best sooner rather than later after the Egyptian’s indifferent start to the season has coincided with the Reds’s own disastrous slump.

Salah was dropped for Liverpool’s 2-0 English Premier League (EPL) win against West Ham last weekend, which injected some much needed life into the team after a streak of nine losses in 12 games across all competitions.