Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk step up for Liverpool in Merseyside derby, Aston Villa set up perfect run-in - Premier League hits and misses

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have won the lot at Liverpool so you could detect a certain reluctance from them to overstate the significance of their 2-1 win in the first ever Merseyside derby at Hill Dickinson Stadium. But it was notable who stepped up.

Credit to Cody Gakpo for his fine assist for the opener and to Dominik Szoboszlai for setting up the winner. Curtis Jones impressed out of position at right-back. But Salah and Van Dijk scored the goals, the latter's winning header coming in the 100th minute.

The pair have been much maligned this season and understandably so with Salah's level, in particular, dipping alarmingly. But on derby day these Liverpool legends delivered two more big moments. Who will produce for this team when they are gone?

It was not an afternoon to be persuaded that Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz are ready for that mantle. Isak, clearly nowhere near back to full fitness and fluency, was quiet throughout. Wirtz had less of an excuse as he struggled to cope with the demands.