An emphatic second-half show saw Liverpool travel from down to win 7-1 connected Wednesday against Rangers successful the Champions League astatine Ibrox Stadium.
Jurgen Klopp recovered his broadside 1-0 down aboriginal connected erstwhile Scott Arfield guided a shot past Alisson from extracurricular of the box, but Roberto Firmino led a speedy effect from Liverpool equalise with an close header from a corner.
An adjacent archetypal fractional saw small other created by mode of chances, but Rangers had the champion 1 erstwhile Fashion Sakala flashed past Kostas Tsimikas earlier cutting the shot crossed the goal, lone for Ibrahima Konate to contradict Arfield from securing his brace.
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Liverpool looked to person overmuch much power successful the 2nd fractional arsenic they stemmed the travel of attacks from the opposition, and the Premier League broadside got themselves into the pb erstwhile Joe Gomez linked up with Harvey Elliott earlier delivering a precise debased transverse into the way of Firmino, who made nary mistake with the finish.
The Reds maintained their unit aft getting successful beforehand and recovered a 3rd arsenic Darwin Nunez finished good from Firmino's flick, and they were soon retired of show aft Mohamed Salah was introduced. The right-winger scored 3 times successful six minutes aft missing his archetypal chance, with Harvey Elliott scoring the archetypal Champions League extremity of his vocation for Liverpool's seventh.
Positives
An fantabulous 2nd fractional show saw Liverpool reconstruct their lethal edge. What turned into a ascendant show netted a affirmative effect successful spite of wounded problems up of the travel to Manchester City connected Sunday.
Negatives
The Reds were dilatory to commencement the crippled with a mediocre 2nd fractional wherever they continued their caller inclination of conceding the archetypal goal.
Manager standing (out of 10 with 10 = best)
Jurgen Klopp, 8 -- Klopp had a fig of wounded problems coming into this 1 and managed to deploy a strategy that suited his enactment up. His substitutions were timed good to guarantee a comfy triumph successful the end.
Player ratings (players introduced aft 70 minutes = nary rating)
GK Alisson, 6 -- There wasn't overmuch to bash for Alisson extracurricular of the extremity helium conceded arsenic Liverpool's defence prevented Rangers from getting immoderate further unsafe efforts connected target. Reacted speedy to Konate's artifact that stopped a transverse reaching its intended people successful the 2nd half.
DF Konstantinos Tsimikas, 6 -- A beardown transportation saw Tsimikas registry an assistance for Firmino's equaliser, but the Greece planetary could person been amended with immoderate of his defending successful isolated situations connected the night.
DF Virgil van Dijk, 7 -- He took immoderate clip to get into his champion cogwheel but looked comfy erstwhile helium did, anticipating information rapidly and showing calmness nether unit successful possession.
DF Ibrahima Konaté, 8 -- The Liverpool centre-back was often the antheral to wide the danger, and got successful the mode of a onslaught wrong the container adjacent to half-time aft Sakala chopped the shot crossed the information area. A stellar show from the France international.
DF Joe Gomez, 7 -- The 25-year-old kept wide successful moments erstwhile helium marauded forwards, and helium produced an exquisite walk successful the 2nd fractional that recovered Firmino for Liverpool's 2nd extremity of the night.
MF Fabinho, 6 -- Anchored the defence to cut-off spaces and that was captious successful Liverpool's 3rd extremity arsenic Fabinho won backmost possession precocious up the transportation and progressed the shot forwards quickly.
MF Harvey Elliott, 8 -- The 19-year-old was 1 of Liverpool's brighter players successful possession passim the game, and looked consenting to instrumentality risks with progressive play. Carried the shot guardant erstwhile required to nexus the midfield to the attack. A well-deserved extremity to headdress disconnected his performance.
MF Jordan Henderson, 6 -- Progressed the shot safely and provided screen alongside Fabinho. Helped organise Liverpool's midfield aft a dilatory commencement successful the archetypal half.
MF Fabio Carvalho, 7 -- A mixed archetypal fractional saw the play interruption down connected a fig of occasions done the young attacking midfielder, though helium did look amended erstwhile playing from cardinal areas.
FW Darwin Nunez, 7 -- He made affirmative runs into abstraction that helped make opportunities for Liverpool, and helium got connected the scoresheet with a well-taken decorativeness erstwhile combining with Firmino.
FW Roberto Firmino, 9 -- Another awesome show from Firmino saw him people his eighth extremity successful 9 games with a brace connected the nighttime against Rangers. He besides picked retired Nunez with immoderate flair to assistance Liverpool's third.
Substitutes
Mohamed Salah (Nunez, 68"), 10 -- The winger was unsafe erstwhile introduced and portion helium missed his archetypal chance, helium made nary mistake with his adjacent 3 arsenic helium completed a hat-trick successful 5 minutes.
Thiago (Henderson, 68"), 7 -- Thiago was assertive successful the situation and ever looked to play the shot forwards. Won possession backmost for Salah's 2nd goal.
Andy Robertson (Tsimikas, 68"), 6 -- Brought connected for Tsimikas and enjoyed his show aft the erstwhile Celtic academy subordinate received a reception from the Ibrox crowd. The Scotland skipper had small to bash arsenic Salah scored 3 goals quickly.
Diogo Jota (Firmino, 73"), N/R -- Close to getting connected the scoresheet but should person taken his effort archetypal time. Harvey Elliott ensured that Liverpool would people their seventh.
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