Mohamed Salah scored his first goal for Liverpool since New Year’s Day as they beat Brentford to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
Darwin Nunez put Liverpool ahead with a superb chip before Alexis Mac Allister poked in a second.
Salah, back from an injury sustained on duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, got on the scoresheet with a crisp finish.
Ivan Toney pulled a goal back for Brentford, but Cody Gakpo added the gloss for Liverpool.
Manchester City and Arsenal will move back to within two points of Liverpool later on Saturday if they beat Chelsea and Burnley respectively.
Liverpool’s Anfield showdown with City on 10 March hangs ominously on the horizon.
It feels somewhat inevitable that Nunez and City striker Erling Haaland will be the central characters leading into that encounter.
