"Liverpool and Egypt's Mohamed Salah were in such a scoring mood against Rangers on Wednesday night.
Six minutes and 12 seconds
Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah didn't have to waste much time going from not being on the scoreboard at all to suddenly notching a hat-trick in Liverpool's 7-1 Champions League win against Rangers on Wednesday night.
Liverpool and Mohamed Salah were in such a scoring mood, and there has never been a faster hat-trick in the Champions League, writes statistical media Optajoe.
However, it was not in the stars from the start of the match that Mohamed Salah would score a hat-trick.
When the first whistle blew, he was sitting on the bench, and from there he saw his teammates fall behind, but then he turned the situation in his favor again.
With the score 3-1 in favour of England and after 68 minutes of play, the 30-year-old winger was asked to take off his shirt with a protective coating and instead jump into the player's clothes.
And then it took off
In the 76th minute, the Egyptian managed to make the net flutter for the first time, and in the 80th minute of the match, he was back in place. There was only a minute left before the Rangers players saw the Egyptian flick the ball into the opposite corner and score his third goal in just over six minutes. If you have any doubts about your football knowledge, we recommend that you read this quick guide: https://footy.dk/footy-fodbold/2022/06/05/en-kort-guide-til-fodbold-regler-og-jargon/.
It is an impressive achievement and Liverpool's German coach Jurgen Klopp is also finding it hard to give up on his 30-year-old Egyptian.
However, when the winger was replaced, he was asked to play more in the center than usual, says the German, and so he is happy that the move to a new position has paid off.
- He is a great player, we all know that. He showed it today, says Jurgen Klopp, according to the English media The Guardian.
However, Mohamed Salah has not been as much of a goal scorer this season as usual.
In the first eight games of the English Premier League, the Egyptian scored only two goals, so his teammate Dutchman Virgil van Dijk also hopes that his Liverpool colleague will continue the good pace in the future.
- Salah showed the quality we need for the rest of the season. Everyone expected us to win here, but we are going through a difficult period and we are going game by game," the Dutchman said, according to The Guardian.
However, Mohamed Salah and Liverpool were not the only teams in the mood to score in Wednesday's Champions League games.
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