Salah himself blasted home the spot-kick and Leeds looked as though they may be in for a very long day.
Here is a compilation of some of the best photos from 2021...
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
IMAGES from English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Klopp impressed with Mourinho turning Spurs into 'results machine'
Virgil van Dijk joined Liverpool in January 2018, has helped the club win the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup. Van Dijk wants to become a 'Liverpool legend' and says there is nothing stopping the Premier League club achieving 'incredible things'.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Images from the Champions League football matches played on Wednesday night.
Inspirational manager Juergen Klopp has rekindled the Anfield flame though and delivered the club's 19th top-flight title, one behind arch-rivals United's record of 20, after finishing runners-up to City in a thrilling race last season.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane scored his 100th goal for the club to help secure a 3-0 victory over lively Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield on Saturday.
Liverpool survived a first-half scare to reach the Champions League final with a 3-2 win at Villarreal on Tuesday that secured a 5-2 aggregate victory after the night had threatened to turn sour for Juergen Klopp's side.
The two previous meetings at Anfield ended in 4-0 and 3-1 defeats for Arsene Wenger's Arsenal teams, but there is a fresh optimism around the club after a successful transfer window.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Curtin Jones's 71st-minute strike saw Liverpool edge past Everton in a derby tie at Anfield.
It was not so much the maths, though Liverpool's nine-point advantage over defending champions City, with one point less over Leicester City and Chelsea, is a significant gap, especially as Juergen Klopp's side have lost one league game in 18 months.
The best way for City to defend in the past has been to attack. They have no reason to change that, says Vincent Kompany
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
On a seismic day in the history of Chelsea, Romelu Lukaku scored the winning goal in a 3-2 FA Cup fifth-round victory
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola accused Sadio Mane of diving after the Liverpool forward's match-winning display against Aston Villa in the English Premier League.
This time Liverpool are at home, and victory would put them nine points clear.
The 32-year-old, who joined Barcelona in 2014, said before the second leg at Anfield that he only had fond memories of his time in England.
'Our city is still in a public health crisis and this behaviour is wholly unacceptable'
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
The reigning champions have won 53 and drawn 11 of those 64 games, scoring 169 goals and conceding 42 for a total of 170 points.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Images from Sunday's English Premier League matches.
It wasn't his players' performance but a luck not going his way -- not once but twice -- that saw the Spaniard lose his cool.
Regardless of whether they eventually win it at home or away, the celebrations that marked their Anfield victory over Queens Park Rangers that won the league in 1990 will not be repeated.
The former Barcelona forward, key to his country's hopes in Russia, came on as a halftime substitute and provided the moment of inspiration for win the game in the 69th minute.
Jason McAteer believes the lack of an 'Anfield factor' at the Champions League final will give an experienced Real Madrid side a slight advantag
Liverpool has displayed a good performance so far in both Premier League and Champions League this season.
Roberto Firmino's 90th-minute header sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, whose 11-match unbeaten run came to an end on Wednesday.
'Sanchez is probably back first time on the pitch so that gives this team another boost'
In a thriller at Anfield, a weakened Liverpool side came back from the brink to beat Leicester City on penalties after a 3-3 draw, setting up a semi-final against Arsenal.
'Why should people think I'm not happy here? Because we lost at Anfield or I've lost three games this season? That's an odd reason to say I'm not happy or satisfied to be here'
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
City were due to open their season against Aston Villa and United against Burnley but those games will be moved.