Alfredo Morelos Ryan Kent Giovanni Van-Bronckhorst Fabio Carvalho Harvey Elliott Diogo Jota Joe Gomez Joel Matip Roberto Firmino Luis Díaz Scott Arfield Antonio Colak Britain Brazil Egypt Liverpool soccer Sport as Alfredo Morelos Ryan Kent Giovanni Van-Bronckhorst Fabio Carvalho Harvey Elliott Diogo Jota Joe Gomez Joel Matip Roberto Firmino Luis Díaz Scott Arfield Antonio Colak Britain Brazil Egypt Liverpool

Rangers hit for seven as Salah claims six-minute Ibrox hat-trick

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Substitute Mo Salah grabbed the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Liverpool thrashed Rangers 7-1 to complete a double over the beleaguered Light Blues.FULL MATCHH DETAILSJurgen Klopp's side had cantered to a 2-0 win over a tentative Gers side at Anfield last Tuesday but there was initially more fight about the Gers this time and they took the lead in the 17th minute with a Scott Arfield drive.Last season's finalists responded seven minutes later when Brazilian attacker Roberto Firmino headed in from a corner before grabbing a second in the 55th minute as the visitors' superior quality came to the fore.Striker Darwin Nunez added a third with a fine finish in the 66th minute before Salah grabbed three goals in six minutes and 12 seconds with Harvey Elliott notching as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side crumbled.It was not so much a Battle of Britain as a massacre and the Govan side remain rooted at the bottom of Group A without a point.Liverpool are six points clear of Ajax and three behind leaders Napoli with two fixtures remaining.It was hoped by those of a Rangers persuasion that Ibrox could help fuel a much-needed positive result in their first Champions League campaign in 12 years and they were encouraged by Liverpool's injury woes.Luis Diaz, Joel Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold were added to the list following Sunday's 3-2 loss to Arsenal, while Salah was dropped to the bench, along with Thiago and Diogo Jota, although the Egyptian would take the headlines later.Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Fabio Carvalho, Firmino, Elliott and Fabinho came into the side.Gers winger Ryan Kent took over from Rabbi Matondo on the left while Gers top scorer Antonio Colak was preferred to Alfredo Morelos, who started at

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Winners of the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 and the Premier League in 2019-20, Liverpool are off to a strange start to the 2022-23 season. The club is placed 10th in the league standings and are in the second spot in the Group A of the Champions League. From attack to defence, there remain a number of factors that have led to Liverpool's under-par show this season and one of the big ones is Mohamed Salah's lack of goals. However, the Egyptian soared back to form in the Champions League match against Scottish side Rangers, scoring a record-breaking hat-trick.

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