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Salah still the big draw
Salah showed, in more ways than one, why it was so important for Liverpool to match the terms of his three-year contract extension. The Egyptian drew huge cheers from the crowd in Singapore when his face was beamed onto the big screen, and he scored just a minute after coming on thanks to a Palace deflection that flummoxed Vicente Guaita.
All told, the outing showed the Reds that Salah is still vitally important for football and commercial reasons. The flying winger could have an even more crucial role to play this season after Sadio Mane’s departure, with Nunez likely to take some time to adjust.