Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and James Milner all managed individual feats as Liverpool run riot in Tuesday's trip Porto in the Champions League. The Reds made it successive wins in the new campaign by grabbing an emphatic 5-1 victory to establish a two-point lead in Group B.
Forward Mohamed Salah and substitute Roberto Firmino both hit a brace to inspire Jurgen Klopp's side to the big with Sadio Mane also getting on the scoresheet. Young midfielder Curtis Jones was heralded for a remarkable showing that resulted in him providing three assists in the night's maul. On the assist chart, the former's compatriot James Milner also added another to his name to compliment his reputation in the art.
Needless to say Porto still managed a consolation through Mehdi Taremi to deny the English club a clean sheet amid the horrible night that their goalkeeper Diogo Costa had to endure. On the subject of individual accolades, Salah's goals on Tuesday night made him only the third African player to score 30 or more goals in the UEFA Champions League, after Didier Drogba (44) and Samuel Eto'o (30). On the contrary, his teammate Sadio Mane, he has now scored five goals against Porto in the UEFA Champions League, the most by a Liverpool player against a single opponent in the competition.
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For James Milner, his assist for Mane meant that no player has provided more assists in the UEFA Champions League for Liverpool (excluding qualifiers) than him. The Englishman is now level with Steven Gerrard's tally of 12 assists in the competition's history.
On the club level, Liverpool have scored three or more goals in six consecutive matches for only the third time in the club's history, after doing so in May 2009 and October 1892.
