Mohamed Salah — creator of the opener — made it 2-0 in the second half with a wonderful finish, a scoreline that means Slot is the first Liverpool manager to ever record eight wins from his first nine games in charge. Gregg Evans and James Horncastle analyse the talking points from the game.

Mohamed Salah took his tally for Liverpool to 217 with his trademark strike against Bologna and he has revealed the Arsenal star who first showed him he could be prolific from the wing

Still, Liverpool was perhaps too relaxed chasing a second goal, and Bologna dominated in a five-minute spell. Bologna’s Switzerland winger Dan Ndoye hit the crossbar and a post with shots, and Allison was at full stretch to dive and push away Kacper Urbański’s shot after Ndoye stole the ball from Trent Alexander-Arnold.