100 SECONDS

his team-mate to head home. That came in the 57th minute and those cruel 100 seconds later the game was all over.

It was Salah who defied his evening form with an absolutely sublime finish from a ridiculous angle.

From there, Liverpool were in cruise control, with Mane missing a couple of brilliant chances. There was a second clean sheet in three days too, though injury to Dejan Lovren was a blemish.

Liverpool are old hands at this final game qualifying of course, doing so for the past three years. Yet this was still a close call and they needed all their experience to come through.