Four-goal Mohamed Salah set a Liverpool record as they moved to third in the Premier League by thrashing Watford on Saturday, while at the other end of the table Crystal Palace's win edged them out of the relegation zone.
The spotlight was on the basement battle in a slimline Premier League programme, owing to the FA Cup quarter-finals, but the superb Salah took centre stage with a magnificent display in Liverpool's 5-0 romp in the later kickoff.
He had begun the day level on 24 goals with Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot but ended it four clear.
And his 36 goals in all competitions is a new record for a Liverpool player in a debut season – eclipsing the 33 scored by Fernando Torres in 2007-08.
"I have to thank everyone but mainly my team mates – without them I couldn't reach this number," Salah, who managed only two goals in a disappointing spell with Chelsea, said.
The Egyptian needed only four minutes to give Liverpool the lead, proving too fleet-footed for Watford's defence, to fire past Watford keeper Orestis Karnezis.
He tapped in Andy Robertson's cross shortly before halftime and soon after the interval he picked out Roberto...
