Mohamed Salah had to start the match on the bench.
He was then substituted and scored a hat-trick within six minutes against Rangers.
It’s the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League ever.
Liverpool’s season has been a disappointment in the Premier League and at times a nightmare (1-4 against Napoli) in the Champions League.
On Wednesday, another blow came from CL against Rangers as Scott Arfield gave the hosts the lead at the simmering Ibrox Stadium.
Firmino’s top scorer with two goals
Roberto Firmino However, Mohamed Salah would turn the party around for Liverpool.
Firmino scored two goals and played for another before being substituted.
Then Salah made a bigger impact after coming in the 68th minute.
Hat trick in six minutes
He played with Diogo Jota three times and scored three times. Salah completed the hat-trick in six minutes and scored goals in the 75th, 80th and 81st minutes.
Salah’s hat-trick was a record. According to the official UEFA statistics, Bafetimbi Gomes previously held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League. He scored three goals in eight minutes for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in 2011.
With goals, Liverpool went 1-6 and shortly thereafter Harvey Elliott scored the final score 1-7.