Liverpool star at risk of punishment for goal celebration

Liverpool's Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah have both come under scrutiny for their goal celebrations against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, while the Dutch forward could face an FA sanction.

Gakpo nabbed the third in Liverpool's 5-1 thumping of Spurs which confirmed their status as Premier League champions this weekend, ripping off his kit to reveal a vest which read 'I Belong to Jesus'.

According to Law 4 in the FA's handbook: "Equipment must not have any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images. Players must not reveal undergarments that show political, religious, personal slogans, statements or images, or advertising other than the manufacturer's logo.

It remains to be seen what - if any - punishment is dished out to the Dutchman, who appeared to have taken inspiration from Kaka. The legendary Brazilian midfielder wore a vest with the same message in the same font while starring for AC Milan in a triumphant 2007 Champions League final against Liverpool.

Salah scored Liverpool's fourth goal of a cathartic afternoon. The Egyptian forward, who has marked many of his strikes this season with an archer celebration stolen from UFC fighter Alex Pereira, took a selfie with the Anfield crowd.

The prolific forward explained this change of tack after the match. "At the beginning of the season I always take selfies with players [who score], so for this one I said: 'OK, I have to think of something special because it's a picture that's going to be there forever'," he told BBC Sport.

While Salah is hardly the first goalscorer to turn the camera on himself, eyebrows were raised by the equipment used. Liverpool's talisman grabbed a Google Pixel phone from a club employee positioned behind the goal, prompting some to speculate whether this was a piece of guerrilla marketing from the tech company which is one of the team's sponsors.

Even if it was a pre-planned collaboration with Google, there will be no punishment for Salah.

READ THE LATEST LIVERPOOL NEWS, TRANSFER RUMOURS & GOSSIP