Salah scores fastest Champions League hat-trick in Liverpool’s 7-1 win at Rangers. The fastest hat-trick in Champions League history was scored by Mohamed Salah, who came off the bench, as Liverpool hammered Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday to go to the round of 16.
Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott, and Roberto Firmino all scored in a victory for Jurgen Klopp’s team that gave them confidence and brought them within one point of making the knockout rounds.
Salah scores fastest Champions League hat-trick in Liverpool’s 7-1 win at Rangers. After Scott Arfield gave the Glasgow giants an early lead, Liverpool was forced to fight from behind.
However, Rangers, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time in 12 years, are being embarrassed as they still haven’t earned a point and have allowed 16 goals in four games.
Firmino’s double either side of half-time turned the game around before the Brazilian teed up Nunez to kill off the game as a contest.
Klopp had left Salah and Thiago Alcantara on the bench with one eye on Sunday’s clash against Manchester City in the Premier League.
But both were brought on for the final 22 minutes and Salah did not miss the chance to cash in against a beleaguered Rangers defence.
The Egyptian’s treble arrived in just six minutes to beat the previous record held by Bafetimbi Gomis in Lyon’s 7-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb in 2011.
Elliott then rounded off the scoring on a sobering night for a Rangers side that only months ago reached the Europa League final.
A draw in Amsterdam will suffice for Liverpool to reach the last 16 when they face Ajax in two weeks’ time.
But Napoli remain out in front in Group A after a 4-2 win over Ajax sealed their place in the knockout stages.
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