Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah revealed that he and his teammates have let the pressure of leading the Premier League title race "get to us" in the past, creating a whisper of doubt despite his side's commanding lead at the division's summit.

Until now, just two players of this generation have staked a claim to be sculpted into the game’s Mount Rushmore, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sustaining such celestial levels for so long that they belonged in a category of their own.