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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

Mohamed Salah still behind two Liverpool greats after Champions League record hat-trick

When you're a bit short on goals, one way of silencing your critics is by scoring three times in just over six minutes.

And that's exactly what Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah did on Wednesday evening as the Reds ran out 7-1 winners against Rangers in the Champions League group stage.

The Egyptian didn't even get onto the pitch until the 68th minute, replacing goalscorer Darwin Nunez, but his impact was devastating. Bringing the ball down in the box and holding off a defender before toe-poking the ball home for his first goal with quarter of an hour to go, Salah followed it up five minutes later with a controlled curling effort from the edge of the area for his second, before wrapping up his treble with a trademark cut in from the right, resulting in a left-foot finish that bent into the bottom corner.

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