Mohamed Salah finished his Liverpool career at Anfield on the final day of the 2025\u201326 season, starting on the right wing in a 1-1 draw with Brentford. Despite a strained relationship with manager Arne Slot, Salah and Andy Robertson were both selected and Robertson received a send-off before his departure.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old began the game lively, producing crisp passing and strong delivery from corners, but early on he was tightly marked by Brentford left back Keane Lewis-Potter. Frustration followed: Salah failed to dribble past Lewis-Potter, won none of his ground duels in the opening 15 minutes and was forced into several hurried actions that blunted Liverpool\u2019s initial momentum.<\/p>\n
In the 19th minute an effort from a free kick bent off the outside of the post. Brentford goalkeeper Caoimh\u00edn Kelleher could only watch as the woodwork intervened. The near miss seemed to lift Salah. He soon drove into the box and forced a save from Kelleher, then combined with Dominik Szoboszlai to create another opening, only for his first touch to be smothered.<\/p>\n
The defining moment arrived early in the second half. A long pass from Ryan Gravenberch released Salah down the right; with space to run he bent a measured outside-of-the-boot pass to Jones, who finished to put Liverpool ahead. The assist was Salah\u2019s 93rd in the English top flight since he joined the Reds in 2017, putting him above Steven Gerrard as Liverpool\u2019s Premier League leader in assists.<\/p>\n
Slot replaced Salah in the 74th minute. The forward took his time to accept the ovation, embraced teammates and Slot on the touchline, dropped to his knees and pressed his head to the turf in a final private moment at Anfield.<\/p>\n
Match statistics for Salah: 74 minutes played, 0 goals, 1 assist, xG 0.23, xGOT 0.73, xA 0.44, 32\/38 passes (84%), 1 chance created, 1 big chance created, 2 shots on target, 1 off target, 1 blocked shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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