Jota on the double as Liverpool tame Foxes

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota went past 100 career club goals as his double in a 2-0 win over Leicester outshone Mohamed Salah's homecoming.

Jota has now scored in 18 different Premier League games for the Reds, of which they have won 15 and drawn three, and he is proving an integral part of the club’s challenge on four fronts.

His first on Thursday took him into three figures, the second late on was his eighth against Leicester.

The return of beaten Africa Cup of Nations finalist Salah came from the bench, but it received the loudest cheers of the night when he eventually arrived just before the hour.

By then the home side had been leading for 24 minutes courtesy of Jota’s close-range strike after Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel could only parry Virgil Van Dijk’s header.

The Portugal international has more than played his part over the last couple of months, scoring 12 in last 16 appearances, and his Premier League tally of 12 this season is only four behind Salah.

But Salah, possibly fuelled by his final heartbreak in Cameroon, could have had a hat-trick within 20 minutes of coming on had he not been denied by two good Schmeichel saves and the angle of crossbar and post.

The man who took his place in the starting line-up for his full debut, Luis Diaz, the £37.5m signing from Porto, also produced an encouraging display and would have opened his account had it not been for the continued excellence of Schmeichel.

With Sadio Mane, a newly-crowned African champion after success with Senegal, set to return for Sunday's trip to Burnley, Jurgen Klopp’s attacking options look stronger than ever.

But, even though this win cut Manchester City’s lead at the top back to nine points and they have a game in hand and a trip to the Etihad