Liverpool put seven goals past Rangers in Wednesday night’s Champions League group stage outing to all but confirm their spot in the knockout stages of the competition.
MATCH PROCEEDINGS
It was the visitors who drew first blood in the opening stages of the Anfield showdown with Arfield taking advantage of the space afforded to him by slotting his shot from just outside the area into the bottom corner past Alisson.
Klopp’s men replied just moments later to level the affair with Roberto Firmino heading home from a Kostas Tsimikas corner delivery.
Liverpool had Ibrahima Konate’s last-ditch block to thank for avoiding going behind before the break after Arfield had another great chance to find the back of the net.
The second half was one to savour for the Liverpool fans who saw their team score as many as six goals with the fastest hat-trick in the competition’s history netted by Mo Salah who came off the bench.
Firmino was the first to find the back of the net early on with the Brazilian slotting Joe Gomez’s low cross to make it 2-1 for the home side.
The Brazilian then turned provider for his attacking partner Darwin Nunez with the latter teed up for a rather easy finish before being substituted for Salah.
It took just six minutes and 12 seconds for the Egyptian winger to score thrice with all three goals assisted by another substitute in Diogo Jota.
Liverpool’s No.19 Harvey Elliott scored the seventh and last goal for the Merseysiders to cap off a superb win on the road and go top of the group table.
