Liverpool left it typically late to seal Champions League qualification but their farewell to an uplifting Premier League season and warm-up for Real Madrid was otherwise faultless. Mohamed Salah began an emphatic defeat of Brighton with a record 32nd goal of the league campaign and another Kop favourite, Andy Robertson, closed it with his first for the club. Salah has not been the only Liverpool player to deliver consistently when it mattered. Salah broke the Premier League scoring record when Trent Alexander-Arnold drove through the Brighton midfield and found Solanke on the edge of the area. A hat-trick against Real Madrid on 26 May will be required to equal Ian Rush’s all-time Liverpool record.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2018 16:14 UTC