Liverpool striker from Egypt, Mohamed Salah is in the spotlight after breaking a record against Glasgow Rangers.
The Rangers vs Liverpool match is presented in the continuation of matchday 4 of the Champions League group phase this season.
Rangers vs Liverpool match was held on Thursday (13/10/2022).
Had left behind through Scott Arfield’s goal, Jurgen Klopp’s team went berserk and beat Rangers back with a score of 1-7.
However, the Reds rose through two goals from Roberto Firmino before Darwin Nunez added to the visitors’ advantage.
Summarized by SportReviews from the Bola Net page, Salah, who entered as a substitute since the middle of the second half, performed superbly in the remainder of the match.
The Egyptian winger scored a hat-trick, aka three goals. Harvey Elliott also listed his name on the scoreboard.
Salah entered the field in the 68th minute replacing Nunez.
Only eight minutes later, Salah successfully tore the nets Rangers through a left-footed shot that is typical of him.
Four minutes later, Salah again shook McGregor’s goal.
Mohamed Salah went crazy when one minute later he again struck the ball into the home team’s goal.
The nick of three goals in just six minutes 12 seconds also made Salah break the hat-trick record in the fastest tempo in Champions League history.
The record for the fastest hat-trick was previously held by Bafetimbi Gomis who scored three goals in eight minutes.
Gomis’s record was when Lyon faced Dinamo Zagreb in 2011.
In addition, Salah also broke other prestigious records. The record is the highest number of goals by a player from an English club in the Champions League stage.
The addition of three goals against Rangers makes Salah now recorded as having scored 38 goals for Liverpool in the Champions League.
He passed the record of Didier Drogba and Sergio Aguero who both scored 36 goals.
Drogba did it with Chelsea in eight seasons, while Aguero in a Manchester City shirt for 10 seasons.
The thing that became extraordinary, Mohamed Salah only needed six seasons to break this record.
Mohamed Salah has again shown to the public that he is not finished after his unsatisfactory performances in the previous few matches.
Jurgen Klopp’s decision to reserve Salah is most likely due to maintaining the player’s fitness ahead of a tough match against Manchester City at the weekend.
