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Few players in Premier League history thrive in big matches as much as Mohamed Salah. No Liverpool player has ever scored more Premier League goals against Everton, after Salah joined Steven Gerrard on nine goals against the Toffees with his opener in a 2-1 victory at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

It's not just Everton who Salah has tortured annually since 2017. In the Premier League alone for Liverpool, Salah has 49 goals and 22 assists in 86 appearances against the big six. Add in cup competitions and that record only gets more impressive. Just as nobody has scored more against Everton, no Liverpool player has more goals against Manchester United than Salah's 16.

He can improve his incredible big-six record further against United and Chelsea next month. But while Salah's goal in front of the away end at Everton gives him another iconic moment before his imminent Anfield exit, it also shines a light on a problem Arne Slot - or whoever the Liverpool manager is for next season - has to solve.

Salah has been the ultimate big-game player for the Reds. So often he's been the difference, be it through scoring goals or creating them. But his successors in the Liverpool attack - Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike - have done virtually nothing in their most high-profile games this season.

Isak has been injured and Ekitike now faces at least nine months out. But when they've been on the pitch against elite opposition, they've rarely done enough - Isak's goal away at Tottenham assisted by Wirtz being one rare exception.

Ekitike's debut season on Merseyside ended with 17 goals and six assists across all competitions. He scored against Everton and Tottenham but disappointed against the big six. He was particularly poor in recent defeats to Manchester City in the FA Cup and his old club Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

His fellow centre-forward Isak clearly looks undercooked and short of sharpness since his return from a broken leg. And even if he scores against both United and Chelsea, he has a lot of work to do to fill the void next year.

The problem is that Isak cannot do it alone. He has shown this season so far that he needs service from his team-mates. Unlike Salah, who can create opportunities for himself or at least could before this season, Isak needs to be in a functioning team, which is exactly what Liverpool haven't been this season.

Who knows if that is what they'll be next year, given they need another busy summer and require multiple new players to slot straight into their starting eleven. Without Salah to rely upon in the biggest of matches, they certainly need their £241million duo of Isak and Wirtz to step up next year.

Isak was anonymous at Everton. He had nine touches in 73 minutes. His replacement, Rio Ngumoha, had as many as a substitute. Wirtz only impressed in very brief flashes, with a couple of nice passes, and for a lot of it was on the periphery or just outmuscled.

It's a great day for Liverpool, of course, and a massive result as they bid to secure a top-five finish and crucially, Champions League qualification. But their first win at the Hill Dickinson Stadium must also serve as a warning for the future - they really need their other attackers to step up when Salah is gone.