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The 31-year-old Salah, who has 151 Premier League goals for Liverpool, changed his boots at halftime and the switch paid off handsomely.
New signing Szoboszlai also scored in a 3-0 win at Anfield.
The Belgians, second in the FIFA rankings and semifinalists at the last World Cup, looked flat and out of form as they were beaten 2-1 in Kuwait City by a Mohamed Salah-inspired Egypt.
Invariably individual brilliance alone won't take a player to the mega event as a solid team is essential to get a chance to feature in the mega event.
The champions lost their unbeaten start to the Premier League season in a heated thriller that saw home coach Juergen Klopp red-carded.
Incredibly, Mo Salah was not one of the scorers for the title favourites.
Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah scored for Liverpool at Craven Cottage.
After a 5-0 win at Old Trafford in October, this was another humiliation of United by Juergen Klopp's team, who were barely threatened by their lifeless opponents.
Senegal edged Egypt 3-1 on penalties in the second leg of the playoffs.
Salah's Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane led Senegal to their first ever Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday.