Liverpool

KENNY MILLER hopes Connor Goldson's injury isn't too bad for Rangers' sake.

“For the first 45-minutes it was a game, but Liverpool just took it to a new level. Look what happened during the next season, they were inches away from being one of the all-time greatest teams.” You look at the goal they conceded and the other one they nearly conceded. But in the Champions League it’s basically signed and sealed with two games left of the group. That’s a big tick of the box. It was a mismatch in the second-half.”

Jurgen Klopp's side have been forced to switch their attention from a title challenge to a battle for Champions League qualification after their worst start ...

The emotion of last season is just catching up with them and not having anything in the tank this season. 'Liverpool at this moment have got an aging team and they do need to fix that and that's the manager's job. 'They like the slow game now, but the frantic bit, the pressing has gone, and that was everything to me about a Klopp team. Then they became good at possession – and you had the pressing, the counter-attack. as he predicts Jurgen Klopp's side will NOT make the top four It wasn't really a polished team; it was just brilliant to watch and exciting.

Mohamed Salah became a record breaker with his quick-fire hat-trick against Rangers, but Robbie Fowler scored an even quicker one.

Still playing for Southampton at the time, Senegalese Mane destroyed Aston Villa on May 16, 2015 with an [unbelievable hat-trick in just two minutes and 56 seconds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InmEGNdFg8Q) Unsurprisingly, that record still stands to this day. [Darwin Nunez](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc), but his impact was devastating. By completing his three goal return in a remarkable six minutes and 12 seconds, Salah broke the record for the fastest ever hat-trick in Champions League history. [Liverpool ratings as Roberto Firmino great and Mohamed Salah enjoys astonishing cameo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-player-ratings-rangers-breaking-25248396) [Gary Lineker responds to Liverpool thrashing of Rangers with major claim](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gary-lineker-responds-liverpool-thrashing-25248899) ['Complete embarrassment' - Scottish media deliver damning Rangers verdict after Liverpool thrashing](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scottish-media-rangers-verdict-liverpool-25249554) ['The real Liverpool' - National media react to Mohamed Salah hat-trick in Rangers thrashing](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-national-media-react-rangers-25249146) [Jurgen Klopp outlines Mohamed Salah 'hope' after hat-trick from different Liverpool position](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-outlines-mohamed-salah-25249173) [Sadio Mane](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/sadio-mane) went one better. [Robbie Fowler](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/robbie-fowler), who put three past Arsenal back on August 28, 1994 in a ridiculous [four minutes and 33 seconds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oZKGkKTFmY) They were the only goals in the game, as the Reds ran out 3-0 winners against the Gunners in a match televised live on Sky Sports. [Liverpool](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) forward [Mohamed Salah](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/mohamed-salah) did on Wednesday evening as the Reds ran out [7-1 winners against Rangers](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-mystery-mohamed-salah-message-25249037) in the Champions League group stage. [Steven Gerrard](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/steven-gerrard) against Napoli on November 4, 2010. As a result, Fowler broke the record for the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history, but remarkably even that has now been broken, and by a former Liverpool player - albeit he wasn't one when taking the crown. [Virgil van Dijk fumes at Liverpool team-mates as Thiago Alcantara bemused by referee](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-thiago-25250506) [Liverpool's mysterious season continues as Mohamed Salah fires timely Man City message](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-mystery-mohamed-salah-message-25249037) Salah also become only the third player in Liverpool's history to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute, after Steve Staunton against Wigan Athletic on October 4, 1989 and

Jürgen Klopp praised his team after Liverpool produced a high-class performance to defeat Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox in the Champions League.

The way it went then, this can happen and it was then really difficult for Rangers to defend us in these moments. Meeting us in the wrong moment for us was now too often not too cool for us, so we have to change that and that’s what we are working on. Actually, the first 11 was really good but the changes made gave us the next step with us and that was very, very pleasing. It was good, but that’s it and now we recover and prepare for the next game. We will have to work on it and that’s what we will do. But in the end you need to bring the ball over the line and that’s obviously the most difficult thing in football. We usually drink a beer after away games, but it is that long ago that I drank beer and I probably will be drunk after one! No, I actually really think the first half prepared the second half because it was really intense to defend us and that’s difficult. Unfortunately we were not all the time this year but tonight we really built on the good things from the first half and that is why the second half is the result of the first half, because we really kept them moving and it was difficult. How the boys adapted to it, to the positions, to the line-up, the reaction of the boys on the pitch. It’s a freak result and we all know that and we don’t make more of it than we should, but obviously it is the best we could have asked for and that is why I am pretty pleased. Obviously it worked out, it was great – all the goals were absolutely great, how we set them up and how we finished them off, so that was the decisive part.

The Egyptian scored three goals in six minutes and 12 seconds, breaking Bafetimbi Gomis' record of an eight-minute hat-trick in the Champions League.

He certainly will not admit it, but such talk may have at least crept into his thinking over team selection with Salah on the bench and teenagers Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho starting. More defensive brittleness like that in the first half against City on Sunday and the champions will relish emphasising how the gap has surprisingly widened between the supposed title rivals. “Just one goal will do” came the cry from the supporter next to the press box, before declaring, unprompted “there are no SNP in here”. Despite smashing seven past a bewildered Rangers, Liverpool were not at anything like their best until Salah entered the fray, with the Egyptian class above anyone at a stunned Ibrox. The fastest Champions League hat-trick in history could not have been better timed, with [not done his goal return much good](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-mo-salah-goalscorer-creator-350k-week-1903595?ico=in-line_link).

Capitulation, capitulation, capitulation What a difference one half of football makes. Before the break, for the most part, Rangers looked…

It’s safe to say he will play a key role for the club going forward. Particularly during the first-half Rangers’ defenders had a chance to zip a pass into the midfield to allow the team to play from there. The second-half was a story of total capitulation for Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side.

Owen says the Nunez comparison with Haaland is "laughable" but insists the striker has "done nothing wrong" for Liverpool.

At the moment it looks laughable because one is firing and one is finding his feet in the Premier League. The rest was the icing on the cake.” “Even with that (Sadio Mane leaving) people would’ve put him in fifth in the pecking order,” Owen said on BT Sport.

After going in 1-1 at half time, Liverpool scored six times in the second period to run out convincing 7-1 winners over Rangers at Ibrox in the Champions ...

The way it went, it can happen. OK, that is not the case, but it is normal. We were really just on it and meeting us at the wrong moment is not cool." "We showed the boys which spaces we could play in. All the goals were absolutely great, how we played them and set them up and finished them off. You cannot do it with half-challenges because that keeps [fans] on their toes.

Liverpool hammered Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox as Mohamed Salah made Champions League history.

But it’s better to go into the game feeling like we do tonight." In the end we needed to get clearer in the final third, which obviously worked out.” “It changes the mood, definitely,” Klopp said. Gary Lineker has warned Premier League champions Manchester City that Liverpool's season has "finally started" after their 7-1 Champions League demolition of Rangers at Ibrox. Roberto Firmino got the ball rolling with an easy header from a corner after Rangers went ahead through former Burnley midfielder Scott Arfield, who finished brilliantly past Alisson. We showed the boys which spaces we could play in.

Footage on social media shows Gers followers being separated from Liverpool supporters inside Ibrox, as the two groups sang, shouted and gestured towards ...

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "One man, aged 34, was arrested and charged in connection with a minor disorder offence. One man was arrested and charged with an alleged disorder offence. He wasn’t done there, adding a sixth for his six-minute hat-trick before Harvey Elliott made it seven. One man, aged 22, was given a Recorded Police Warning in connection with a minor disorder offence." And the Egyptian was at it again for the fifth after Rangers gave the ball away again, taking a touch to create space before whipping the ball past Allan McGregor and in. ['up the Ra'](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/irish-fa-apologise-womens-team-28218241) can be heard in one video, which appears to have been taken by [Liverpool](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) fans, to goad Rangers supporters who then charge towards the away crowd. [Glasgow](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/glasgow) fixture, Police Scotland confirmed on Thursday. Along with the single arrest, another was given a warning by officers at the In another clip, chants of 'what the f****** hell is that?' and 'Lizzie's in a box' can be heard as Rangers fans are seen shouting and gesturing back to their rivals. Police and officials are then forced to step in to keep the crowds separated. [Rangers](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/rangers-fc) ultras inside Ibrox after the club's [7-1 ](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-vs-liverpool-live-score-28221573)Champions League defeat on Wednesday night. [social media](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/social-media) shows fans being separated by security inside Ibrox as the two groups sang, shouted and gestured towards each other.

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are looking forward to their Premier League clash with Manchester City on Sunday after rediscovering some form in the 7-1 ...

"It has changed the mood completely. "I know you will be saying there was a breakdown but it wasn't easy to defend against us in the second half." It has changed the mood definitely.

Liverpool strengthened their grip on a place in the Champions League last 16 by coming from behind to rout Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox.

And there was still time for Elliott to get in on the act, the No.19 tucking home and finally able to celebrate his first Champions League goal following a lengthy VAR review that overturned an initial offside call. A scrappy opening to the game was played out amid a deafening noise at Ibrox, but Elliott produced the first moment of real quality by spinning and driving goalwards from a central position and scooping a pass into the path of Nunez, who had strayed offside. A third consecutive Group A victory was earned by Roberto Firmino’s brace, a first European goal for the Reds from Darwin Nunez, a clinical six-minute hat-trick from substitute Mohamed Salah - the fastest in the competition’s history - and Harvey Elliott’s late strike, all of which came after Scott Arfield had put the hosts ahead early on.

Get a report of the Rangers vs. Liverpool 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage football match.

[Scott Arfield](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/84036/Scott-Arfield), but [Roberto Firmino](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/147234/Roberto-Firmino) hit back shortly after with a well-taken header before adding a second just short of the hour mark. "I am still processing the game, especially the second half. He netted his second on 80 minutes with an improvised finish past an out-of-position McGregor. "All the goals we scored were exceptional. It is a night where things work out for us. Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side can still qualify for the Europa League should they finish third ahead of Ajax.

Arguably one of City's most impressive and decisive victories under Pep Guardiola came against this Sunday's opponents in February 2021.

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A number of Rangers fans on social media - and one fan website - have called for Tavernier to be stripped of the captaincy for not fronting up after a ...

REVEALED: Rangers captain James Tavernier didn't front up to the media after 7-1 humiliation by Liverpool because he was called for drug testing... Angry Rangers fans took to social media to question why Tavernier didn't speak to the media - He was criticised by fans after not coming out to face the media after the loss

Mohamed Salah's record-breaking hat-trick against Rangers in the Champions League gives Liverpool a much-needed boost before their test against the ...

He can prey on the weak and a Rangers defence worn out by Darwin Nunez’s running and Roberto Firmino’s cunning and depleted by the loss of the injured Connor Goldson looked anaemic. In little over six minutes, the Brazilian was demoted to second billing and Gomis to second on a select but strange list. Each of his goals bore distinct similarities with some of his others for Liverpool but he can specialise in the special. They encountered a man whose hunger for goals was increased by his absence from his natural terrain: the penalty area. Nunez’s second goal in as many games was welcome but while Jota’s drought was extended, he now has five assists in his brief campaign. And then, in a 22-minute outing, he scored as many goals as he got in his final 17 outings of last season. It rendered him only the third Liverpool substitute to score three times, after Steve Staunton, a defender parachuted in up front, and [Steven Gerrard](/topic/steven-gerrard), in a tour de force against Napoli. [Champions League](/topic/champions-league) records are firmly in the domain of Lionel Messi and [Cristiano Ronaldo](/topic/cristiano-ronaldo). [win for Liverpool into a rout](/sport/football/liverpool-rangers-result-champions-league-2022-b2201570.html), sprinting and sliding through the home defence at will. In six minutes and 12 seconds of ruinous brilliance, he damaged more than just Gomis. Then he began the season with 15 goals in 12 games but such statistics were rather rarer in a more barren 2022. He has a greater propensity to be prolific, a proven ability to look unstoppable.

Few, if any players have defined Liverpool FC's system under Jürgen Klopp as much as Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino. The 31-year-old signed for the club ...

Firmino is now part of that optimism, and before the tournament begins in November he’ll be doing his best to get Liverpool back in good shape, too. The extraordinary goalscoring exploits of another Premier League striker, Erling Haaland, and the performances of Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal, have caught the eye so far this season. His hat trick scored within six minutes and 12 seconds from that central position suggested it’s something that might be worth pursuing in the future. His broadest of grins and luminous white teeth scuppered any attempts to hide the pleasure he has taken from his day's work. “Bobby is crucial for us,” Klopp said before the start of this season. But he was substituted by his manager, Jurgen Klopp, in the 73rd minute, replaced by Diogo Jota.

And they did – for the first 45 minutes, during which time they took the lead through Scott Arfield. But they could not cope with Roberto Firmino. And they ...

Goldson’s injury shortly afterwards was the beginning of the end for the home side, who were torn apart in the second 45 minutes. His attempt to steer the ball into the net from eight yards was thwarted by a fine block from Konate. Kostas Tsimikas slung a kick in that cleared Fashion Sakala’s head but not that of Roberto Firmino, who glanced a header into the top corner under the scantest of challenges from Tavernier. Sakala left Tsimikas standing on the left and cut the ball back for Arfield. Once again, it was corner – a very simple one in this case – that did for Rangers. There was one opportunity to stretch their lead when Joe Gomez was short with a backpass but Antonio Colak, who as expected had received the nod over Alfredo Morelos, could not secure a proper connection on the ball. Like then, Rangers took the lead – and did so via a player bursting through the middle and finishing with nerveless precision into the corner. The manager was also clearly trying to freshen things up after a period of troubling form. None of this had been the case on Merseyside. One block from Salah prevented a fourth for Liverpool but it was simply a matter of this being delayed. The teenager lost Firmino in the box as the Brazilian swept home his second of the night ten minutes after the break. The hosts were at least making Liverpool work and asking questions of them.