Liverpool fans gave Mo Salah an amazing reception upon Premier League return vs Leicester

Mohamed Salah returned to Liverpool action against Leicester City on Thursday night.

The Premier League‘s leading goalscorer hadn’t pulled on the famous red jersey since the 2-2 draw at Chelsea on January 2 having represented Egypt at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ultimately, Salah’s campaign with the Pharaohs ended in heartbreak as they suffered a second final defeat in three tournaments courtesy of a nail-biting penalty shootout with Senegal.

Salah didn’t actually get to take a spot-kick after 120 minutes of goalless football with his own Liverpool teammate, Sadio Mane, smashing home the winning penalty and breaking Egyptian hearts.

Truth be told, Senegal felt like the worthy winners having shown more consistent quality over the course of the competition, but that didn’t make the shootout defeat any less heart-wrenching for Salah.

As such, it’s not unreasonable to suggest that the 29-year-old’s emotions must still have been raw when he was called upon by Jurgen Klopp to make his first Liverpool appearance in more than a month.

The Reds boss eased his star man into the action by posturing him on the substitutes’ bench and waiting until the 60th minute, by which point Liverpool were leading 1-0, to pave the way for his return.

Off came Curtis Jones and Roberto Firmino; on came Salah and Harvey Elliott in a moment that – given what happened to the Egyptian star just days previously – felt tangibly emotional and special.

And boy did the Liverpool fans in attendance make their feelings known when Salah stepped foot on the hallowed turf for the first time since his AFCON agony.

True to Liverpool’s world-famous atmosphere at Anfield, the tens of thousands of Kopites in the stands made sure to rally up an amazing reception