‘Salah Is Our King’published at 10:30 BST
10:30 BST
Liverpool 1-1 Brentford
Aadam Patel
Football Reporter
This marked the end of the Liverpool story for Salah and Robertson, two special players who conquered in England and Europe while wearing the famous red shirt.
On a poignant afternoon on Merseyside, fans sang their names throughout and displayed mosaics honouring both, while the match programme was dedicated to their achievements.
Hours before kick-off, fans wearing shirts with the names of Salah and Robertson on the back arrived at the ground, some wearing plastic crowns in homage to ‘Egyptian king’ Salah.
Others came as ancient Egyptian pharaohs, while a banner on The Kop read ‘Salah Is Our King’.
When Liverpool’s number 11 stepped up to bend a free-kick around the Brentford wall, fans climbed out of their seats thinking it was going in.
Instead it clattered against the post and Salah reacted by doing a hop, skip and a jump in frustration.
Salah did provide a key moment in the game, however, with his pass setting up Jones to score.
As has happened so many times this season, Liverpool were unable to hold on to the lead, and then came the moment when Salah left the pitch for the final time in a Liverpool shirt.
After being hugged by many of his team-mates, he got down on all fours before kissing the Anfield turf and then he was gone.
Robertson, too, was given a standing ovation and surrounded by team-mates when he was replaced by Milos Kerkez.
After full-time, both players returned to the pitch and were given a guard of honour, while they were hugged by former Liverpool player and manager Sir Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush, the club’s all-time leading scorer.