Overview

• Egypt beat Djibouti 3-0 in Casablanca as Mohamed Salah scored twice to clinch qualification for the 2026 World Cup and become Africa's all-time leading scorer in World Cup qualifying with 20 goals.
• Salah has six goals and three assists in 13 outings for club and country this season, though three of those goals came for Egypt and he is without a goal in his last four Liverpool appearances.
• Liverpool have lost three straight matches to Crystal Palace, Galatasaray and Chelsea, underlining the early-season growing pains of a squad overhauled by roughly £450m of summer signings.
• Right-back has been a revolving door since Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure, with Jeremie Frimpong, Conor Bradley and Dominik Szoboszlai all tried there, complicating Salah’s on-field rhythm on that flank.
• Salah told Men In Blazers he has not yet figured out connections with new attackers such as Hugo Ekitike, while Ekitike said Salah is actively mentoring him to speed their understanding through training and video work.