Liverpool beat FC Porto 5-0 away from home in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie, with Sadio Mane bagging a hat-trick and Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino also on the scoresheet for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Key points

Quickfire goals by Mane and Salah put the Reds in charge by the half-hour mark.

Mane rounded off a devastating break to add a third early in the second period.

Firmino then got in on the act with a fourth 21 minutes from time.

Mane completed his hat-trick with a late blast from range.

Klopp’s Liverpool side took a huge step towards the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday night.

Mane and Salah, who reached the landmark of 30 goals for the season with a piece of breath-taking improvisation, struck before the half-hour mark to put Liverpool in command.

Not content with a two-goal lead to defend at Anfield next month, the Reds went on to add three more after the break.

Mane and Firmino both rounded off rapier-like forward thrusts with aplomb, before the Senegalese rifled home his third of the evening from distance with five minutes remaining.

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