Although fellow forward Darwin Nunez adds the element of unpredictability that has been a part of Liverpool's forward line's evolution, Mohamed Salah may be the man for consistency.
With his penalty kick against Fulham, Salah made it five straight victories and 12 goals in his past 16 games, becoming the first player for the club to score in eight straight home games.
He was playing alongside Nunez and Luis Diaz, who were supposed to be the team's first-choice forward line at the beginning of the season until the latter suffered a catastrophic knee injury that kept him out for six months.
Consequently, the Fulham game marked only the fifth time they had all started a game together, but the crucial play in the first half was made possible by Nunez's return to the starting lineup after a break of six games.
After losing control of the ball 30 yards from the goal, he set about reclaiming it and stole it from Issa Diop inside the penalty area, but the defender tackled him.
The Uruguayan international was played across the middle rather than his more usual position out on the left in his rookie season, and manager Jurgen Klopp felt the spell among the replacements helped spark him.
Klopp was especially delighted with how the 23-year-old adapted to the crucial counter-pressing role through the middle, which has lately been so well-performed by fellow new arrival Cody Gakpo. "Darwin was like a racehorse, really motivated, really on fire," Klopp added.
“Absolutely. I believe that is really significant to us. As you could see in the beginning, Palhinha is there and that is their link, therefore defending the center against Fulham is crucial.We attempted to make up for being a little bit too early in our departure from Darwin, but he was like a racehorse: go, go, go, go for everyone.
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