The Egyptian King set up Sadio Mane for Liverpool's opener on 59 minutes following a brilliant individual effort before scoring himself on 76 minutes to restore the team's advantage after Phil Foden had equalised for City.

Salah's solo run saw him skip past a couple of challengers to jink into the area and fire home with his right foot from a tight angle.

The 29-year-old, who netted for the seventh consecutive game, took his tally to nine goals in as many appearances in all competitions following another virtuoso display.

He also moved level on six goals with Leciester City striker Jamie Vardy on top of the Premier League's scoring chart.

Salah genius 

Anfield had only five minutes to celebrate and savor the individual genius of Salah before the Liverpool fans were silenced.

A high ball over the top from Manchester City captain Kevin De Bruyne on the halfway line reached Phil Foden on the left flank. Liverpool failed to clear the pass into the penalty area from Foden and De Bruyne was primed to unleash a shot that was helped into the net via a deflection off Joel Matip.

A second half of high quality saw the winners of the last two Premier League titles draw 2-2 on Sunday after Rodri made a late intervention to prevent Fabinho scoring a winner for Liverpool.

It was Salah's work that created the opening goal in the 59th minute. Receiving the ball inside his own half, the Egypt forward brushed off Joao Cancelo's heart-hearted attempt at a challenge and drove forward as Aymeric Laporte backed off.

Mane arrived in the penalty area to receive the ball slipped in by Salah and he struck across goalkeeper Ederson into the net.

The lead lasted 10 minutes after Gabriel Jesus was able to go past Curtis Jones as he cut in from the left before setting up for Foden to equalize in front of the Kop with his first league goal of the season.

The moment of brilliance from Salah came in the 76th as he weaved his way into the penalty area, skipping past City players and undeterred by a push from Foden before restoring Liverpool's lead.

But Liverpool's failure to tighten up at the back allowed De Bruyne to seal the point as defending champion City avoided a second loss of the season.

Liverpool, though, remains the only unbeaten team of the title challengers. The 2020 champions are a point behind Chelsea after seven games, while City is a further point behind in third but level on points with Manchester United, Everton and Brighton.

He also moved joint top of the Premier League scoring chart with six goals, on level with Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.

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