India, Jan. 30 -- Mohamed Salah continued his rehabilitation at Liverpool by scoring for the team for the first time since the start of November in a 6-0 thrashing of Qarabag in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The Egypt winger curled home a shot at a free kick in the 50th minute to put Liverpool 3-0 up at Anfield, helping the English club finish in third place in the 36-team standings and qualifying directly to the round of 16.

Salah's future at Liverpool, where he has starred since 2017, was plunged into doubt when he said in early December that he'd been "thrown under the bus" after being dropped for the third game in succession by manager Arne Slot.

He went to the Africa Cup of Nations with uncertainty surrounding his position at...