The last African King signed off on his final Merseyside derby this weekend, as Mohamed Salah marked a new environment with familiar habits.
Sunday's derby was the first to be played at Everton's new Hill Dickinson Stadium, making a new chapter in this eternal rivalry after over 130 years at Goodison Park.
New stadium, that same familiar wind swirling in from the Mersey, and Salah in no mood to forget his old customs. He scored again, Beto replied, and then... in the 100th minute... Virgil van Dijk rose through the noise and gave Liverpool a 2-1 victory that silenced the blue half of the city.
The evening belonged to celebration, although the afternoon had belonged to departure, with Salah, contesting his final derby, signed the ledger one more time...tying Steven Gerrard, in the process, for the most goals scored in the Merseyside derby during the Premier League era.
The goal came in the 29th minute; Salah, Liverpool exit pending, ignoring the criticism to punish the Toffees with trademark ruthlessness.