Mane hat-trick as Liverpool crush Porto 5-0

By Daily Sports on February 15, 2018

Sadio Mane scored a brilliant treble as Liverpool romped to a 5-0 thrashing of Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday to march towards the Champions League quarterfinals.

Mane fired the away side ahead in the first leg of the last-16 clash, before Mohamed Salah's audacious finish for his 30th goal of the season quickly made it two.

The Senegalese forward slotted in his second as Liverpool completely outclassed their opponents, with Roberto Firmino adding his name to the scoresheet with 20 minutes to play, before Mane's searing strike completed his first European hat-trick.

"It was important to play as a team and we did, we played great football from the beginning," Mane told BT Sport.

"We created so many chances and we scored five. It was well deserved."

Playing in the last 16 of the competition for the first time in nine years, Liverpool are now all but certain to reach the quarterfinals ahead of the second leg at Anfield on March 6.

Jurgen Klopp's men had scored 23 goals in the group stage and continued that scintillating form in Portugal to become the top-scorers in this season's competition, while the defensive frailties that have plagued them at times this season never resurfaced as Dejan Lovren and Virgil van Dijk put in accomplished displays at the back.

"I saw a lot of fantastic performances tonight. The result is only possible if they are all spot on," said Klopp. © AFP

•Photo shows Sadio Mane.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 15, 2018


 

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