It was not Mohamed Salah's night at the King Power Stadium.
Frustrated for much of yesterday evening's defeat to Leicester City, the Egyptian international was left to rue his penalty miss in the first half which came back to haunt Jurgen Klopp's side.
Salah had been nullified to great effect in the Reds' previous Premier League match versus Tottenham Hotspur and was kept fairly quiet once again as Liverpool slumped to a disappointing loss.
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Leicester left-back Luke Thomas did a fine job of keeping the 29-year-old at bay as he shone in what was a makeshift Foxes defence.
The 20-year-old has been handed an opportunity to impress in the side as Rodgers' side continue to deal with mounting defensive injuries, and Thomas rose to the challenge facing him.
His impressive display is unlikely to have been a coincidence, however, if James Maddison's Instagram story is anything to go by.
Captured in the home side's changing room after their 1-0 victory, Maddison can be seen videoing Thomas before shouting the following message at Thomas: "Stop checking what everyone's saying about your performance versus Salah, bro!"
As Maddison zooms in on his team-mate during the clip, a piece of paper attached to the inside of the full-back's individual booth inside the dressing room emerges.
It appears to be a scouting report of Salah, whose image is clearly included on the paper along with the words of 'M.SALAH' and 'THOMAS', including likely detailed instructions of how best to limit the attacking play of the prolific Liverpool forward.
Speaking after the match, former Liverpool midfielder Steven McManaman heaped praise on the performance of Thomas and his 'aggressive' approach to thwarting the current Premier League top-scorer, which was seemingly the tactical plan.
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“Yes he [Salah] had a penalty and a shot fell his way in the first half, but that wasn't down to his individual play like we've seen from August until now and he got very little of the ball," he told Premier League Productions.
“I can't remember him going past Thomas a lot of times.
"He [Thomas] was nice and tight to him, he was really aggressive with him, wasn't he? Always on him."
