After a series of disappointing results in the Premier League and defeat against Arsenal by three goals to two, Liverpool succeeded in defeating Rangers of Scotland by seven goals to one, in the fourth round of the group stage matches of the Champions League, and is close to resolving the qualification ticket For the next round of the tournament, the strongest in the world, but this match carried with it many distinguished records for the Reds, which we review in the following report…
It is the first time that the Egyptian international, Mohamed Salah, sits on the bench of his team this season against the Scottish team Rangers, by a decision of his German coach JurgenKlopp, who preferred to rest him and not take risks before his team’s match against Manchester City, until Salah replaced the Uruguayan striker Darwen Nunez. In the 68th minute, and the match was almost settled, especially since Liverpool were ahead with a score of 3-1, but these considerations were not in Salah`s mind, as he managed to score three goals in just six minutes and 12 seconds.
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These goals are Salah’s first triple in the history of his participation in the Champions League, a record in this tournament, as he broke the previous record that was kept for 11 years by Bafetimbi Gomez, who scored a hat-trick for his French team Olympique Lyon against the Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb within Seven minutes on 7 December, 2011, a match that ended with the French team winning 7-1.
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Salah’s three goals have taken his total Champions League tally for the Reds up to 38 goals, making him the highest-scoring Premier League player in the history of the Champions League. He has become the sixth Liverpool player to score a Champions League hat-trick, after Philippe Coutinho, Diogo Jota, Yossi Benayoun, Sadio Mane and Michael Owen.
Following Steve Staunton and Steven Gerrard, Salah is only the third substitute in Liverpool history to come off the bench and score three. His hat-trick came from just nine touches while on the pitch, the fewest in a match for any of the 112 Champions League hat-tricks since 2003/04. That means a third of Salah’s touches on the ball ended up in the back of the Rangers net.
He is now tied alongsideNorwegian strikerErlingHaaland and Polish strikerRobert Lewandowski at the top of the Champions League goalscoring charts, with all three having scored five goals in this season’s competition so far.
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Jota’s role in Salah’s trio of goals should also not be understated, with the Portuguese setting up all three, making him the first Liverpool player to have assisted every goal for a team-mate’s hat-trick since England`s Stan Collymore for team-mate Robbie Fowler vs Arsenal in December 1995.
It’s also the first time a player has assisted three goals for a team-mate in the Champions League since March 2012, whenFrench winger Franck Ribery assisted three Mario Gomez strikes for Bayern Munich against Swiss Basel team. Jota managed to create four chances and assist three goals in just six touches.
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The first hat-trick of the Egyptian pharaoh and Jota the king of passes