Champions League: Salah Stars As Liverpool Defeat Roma

Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah's brilliant brace against his former club AS Roma inspired Liverpool to a thrilling 5-2 Champions League win at Anfield on Tuesday night.

The Egyptian, playing for the first time against Roma since leaving for Liverpool last summer, opened the scoring in stunning fashion when he curled his first into the top corner from the edge of the box – then clipped the ball over Alisson for a second.

Salah then ran down the right and squared for Sadio Mane to make it 3-0 – before doing the same to set up Roberto Firmino.

Firmino then headed in a fifth following James Milner’s corner.

With his side leading 5-0, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp took off Salah – and Roma gave themselves a chance for next week’s return leg at the Stadio Olimpico.

First Edin Dzeko lashed home from Radja Nainggolan’s pass, then Diego Perotti put a penalty into the top right corner after Milner handled Nainggolan’s shot.

Roma need only look to the last round for inspiration, when they lost the first leg in Barcelona 4-1 before winning 3-0 in Roma.

A repeat of the latter scoreline this time would take them into the final against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.





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