Chelsea castoffs Salah and De Bruyne commanding top billing

LONDON - Had their first experiences in English soccer gone as they would have wished, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne could have been teammates rather than facing each other in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal between Liverpool and Manchester City on Wednesday at Anfield.

How Chelsea fans must wish they had remained on the same side.

Instead, neither player's style suited Jose Mourinho's physical approach and were sent through Stamford Bridge's revolving door for talented midfield players at the time having made just a combined 16 league appearances.