Depending on the severity of his hamstring injury, Mohamed Salah has played somewhere between his last and his fifth-to-last game for Liverpool.
If you had to pick one person who most represents the modern era of Liverpool, it would be Salah. Mainly because he is the only one who has always been there. Since joining from Roma in 2017-18, the Egypt winger has played 26,124 Premier League minutes -- more than everyone other than Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and his teammate James Tarkowski. Among forwards, the next closest is Son Heung-Min, with 5,000-plus fewer minutes.
Then, of course, there are all the goals and assists: 191 and 92, respectively -- both more than anyone else since 2017-18. The 283 combined goal contributions is 100 more than Son's second-best tally of 183 over the same stretch. Salah averaged 31 goals+assists over his nine seasons in the Premier League; over those nine seasons, only seven other players reached his average output even once.
It's hard to imagine modern soccer without Salah. It's near-impossible to imagine modern Liverpool without Salah.
That doesn't mean we can't try, though.