FOOTBALL: Mo Salah scores six-minute hat-trick as Liverpool romp past Rangers after early scare

Mo Salah scores six-minute hat-trick as Liverpool romp past Rangers after early scare. Mohamed Salah scored an astonishing hat-trick in less than six minutes after coming off the bench to help Liverpool rout Rangers 7-1 in the Champions League.

Salah came in in the second half and scored a hat-trick in six minutes and 12 seconds, the fastest hat-trick ever in the Champions League, to steal the show despite Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino having two goals and an exquisite assist despite conceding first once more.

Ibrox erupted when Scott Arfield calmly completed a well-executed play to put the home team ahead after 17 minutes, but it was the best the Scots would get.

Firmino equalised with a header at the near post from an in-swinging corner just seven minutes later and things were tight for the rest of the first half, with little between the sides.

Mo Salah scores six-minute hat-trick as Liverpool romp past Rangers after early scare. After the break it was all Liverpool, with Firmino putting the visitors ahead on 55 minutes as Joe Gomez did a great impression of Trent Alexander-Arnold by bursting down the right flank and putting in a perfect cross for the Brazilian to tap in.

Firmino then turned provider 11 minutes later as he produced a lovely flick with his back foot to play in Darwin Nunez, who curled an effort past Allan McGregor.

Things looked comfortable at that stage for the Reds but then they went wild, with Salah scoring three in a little over six minutes.

A trio of impressive finishes, the first a simple toe-poke, but the second two beautifully taken left the home side shell-shocked.

Harvey Elliott then rounded off the scoring as he pounced on a rebounded shot to fire his first Champions League goal past McGregor and extend Rangers’ misery.

It is Liverpool’s biggest win over a British team ever in the Champions League, while the heavy loss confirms that Rangers cannot make it into the knockout stages in their return to the top table of European football.

Rangers were impressive in the first half and an upset looked very possible at the break, but the second stanza could scarcely have been more one-sided as Liverpool went through the gears and the hosts could not keep up.

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