Bradley Barcola responded to growing but premature scrutiny of his performances to score his first Champions League hat-trick in Liverpool’s 6-3 win over LASK in Austria.
On a night when Florian Wirtz, the team’s only other fit £100million-plus player, looked more comfortable than he has done all season, it was the winger who won this competition for the last two seasons with Paris Saint-Germain who sparkled.
