Liverpool ace shatters Champions League record

Mohamed Salah came disconnected the seat to people the quickest hat-trick successful Champions League past arsenic Liverpool ignited a sluggish play with a 7-1 demolition of Rangers.

Salah's struggles successful beforehand of extremity had been emblematic of Liverpool's corporate woes this campaign but the Egyptian was each smiles arsenic helium toyed with the Rangers defence.

Salah's goals came successful the 75th, 80th and 81st minutes connected Thursday (AEDT) astatine Ibrox.

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"Salah getting backmost to signifier and having amusive is simply a big, large factor," Craig Foster said connected Stan Sport.

Bafetimbi Gomis antecedently held the grounds from 2011 erstwhile helium took 8 minutes to implicit his hat-trick successful a 7-1 triumph for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb.

But Salah smashed that clip with his stunning contribution, walking distant with the lucifer shot successful Glasgow aft putting the seal connected a confidence-boosting triumph for Liverpool, which is successful a beardown presumption to beforehand to the circular of 16.

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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool completes his chapeau trick. (Getty)

It had been a nighttime erstwhile Roberto Firmino had looked similar being the leader - scoring doubly and mounting up different for Darwin Nunez aft Rangers had gone up successful the archetypal half.

But Salah ensured helium would predominate the headlines with 3 wonderfully taken goals.

Jurgen Klopp had opted to marque changes with his squad successful full power aft Nunez made it 3-1 successful the 66th minute.

Salah scores grounds breaking hat-trick

Another substitute, Harvey Elliott, finished the scoring successful the 87th.

Rangers were near rocked aft dominating the aboriginal play.

The Scottish elephantine had avoided a dense decision successful a 2-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Anfield a week agone lone owed to the heroics of goalkeeper Allan McGregor.

Rangers stone Liverpool with aboriginal goal

But successful a vastly improved performance, it shocked Liverpool by taking the pb aft 17 minutes.

Fabio Carvalho mislaid possession successful his ain half, and aft a swift interruption Scott Arfield fired debased past goalkeeper Alisson connected the borderline of the area.

It could person been adjacent amended for the location squad erstwhile Antonio-Mirko Colak chopped retired Joe Gomez's escaped backmost walk but couldn't find a finish.

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Liverpool equalised against the tally of play aft 24 minutes erstwhile Firmino headed successful Konstantinos Tsimikas' country astatine the adjacent post.

Liverpool went up 10 minutes into the 2nd fractional erstwhile Gomez's curled transverse was turned location by Firmino again.

From there, the visitors took power and went 3-1 up erstwhile the Brazilian's delightful backmost bottommost acceptable up Nunez to strike. It looked similar crippled implicit - but Salah had different ideas.

Inter soundlessness Barcelona crowd

At the Camp Nou, Barcelona and Inter Milan played retired an bonzer 3-3 draw, with Robert Lewandowski scoring Barca's equaliser successful stoppage time.

The last-gasp header kept Barcelona live successful the contention aft the visitors had taken a 3-2 pb with a extremity from Robin Gosens successful the 89th minute.

A nonaccomplishment would person meant elimination for Barcelona for a 2nd consecutive play successful the radical stage.

But Xavi's squad remains successful a hard situation.

Barcelona has 4 points, 3 down Inter successful the combat for 2nd successful Group C.

Bayern Munich, which bushed Viktoria Plzen 4-2 for its 4th triumph successful a row, has precocious with 12 points.

It would person been the archetypal clip since 1999 that the Catalan nine failed to beforehand to the knockout signifier successful consecutive years.

Barcelona took the pb from adjacent scope aft a transverse by Sergi Roberto successful the 40th minute, but Inter rallied with goals from Nicolo Barella successful the 50th and Lautaro Martinez successful the 63rd.

Inter's archetypal extremity came aft Gerard Pique fto a shot spell implicit his caput arsenic helium seemingly didn't realise Barella was down him.

The hosts equalised with Lewandowski successful the 82nd, but Inter moved up again done Gosens.

Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved Barcelona again with a large ft prevention successful the last minutes.

Meanwhile, the superlatives are moving retired for Napoli and guardant Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

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Napoli precocious to the past 16 with 2 matches to spare aft different extremity and an assistance from Kvaratskhelia helped his squad bushed Ajax 4-2.

The Italian nine is atop some Serie A and its Champions League radical and unbeaten successful some competitions.

Napoli was successful steadfast power and 2-0 up wrong 16 minutes acknowledgment to goals from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori.

Davy Klaassen pulled 1 backmost astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional but Kvaratskhelia restored Napoli's cushion from the punishment spot.

Steven Bergwijn besides converted a precocious punishment for Ajax earlier substitute Victor Osimhen sealed the effect connected his comeback.

Ajax, which mislaid 6-1 astatine location to Napoli past week, volition beryllium gladsome to spot the backmost of them.

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In Madrid, Club Brugge held Atletico to a 0-0 gully to go lone the 2nd Belgian nine to scope the circular of 16.

The setback leaves Atletico successful a hard presumption to beforehand from Group B.

It was Atletico's 3rd consecutive lucifer without a triumph successful the European competition.

Antoine Griezmann started aft Atletico and Barcelona reached a woody for his imperishable transfer, but the France striker couldn't springiness the hosts the spark they needed astatine the Metropolitano Stadium.

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