After Mo Salah had curled in Liverpool’s winning goal against Brighton & Hove Albion he didn’t celebrate wildly in front of the home fans. Instead he turned round and, with a grin on his face, pointed at Roberto Firmino.

In the build-up to the goal, after James Milner had won the ball back, Sadio Mané then passed to Firmino. With the Brighton defence backing off into the area and space opening up in front of him Liverpool’s No 9 could have taken the ball on or had a shot himself.

Instead he flicked it into the path of the onrushing Salah, a perfect pass which allowed the Egyptian to shoot first time without breaking stride.

Though he hasn’t scored yet this season, this was Firmino’s