12 duels won, 4 dribbles: Slot will be thrilled with one Liverpool player’s national team showing

Friday’s international action yielded mixed fortunes across the Liverpool contingent who were in action for their countries.

Mo Salah scored again for Egypt as they saw off Mauritania, while Cody Gakpo provided the assist for Netherlands’ late equaliser against Hungary, a game in which Virgil van Dijk was sent off.

Further afield, Darwin Nunez returned to the Uruguay fold after his suspension over the chaotic scenes in their Copa America exit to Colombia in the summer was temporarily lifted...