Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah scored for the second game running as Liverpool cruised to a 4-1 victory over Porto, sealing a 6-1 aggregate win to set up a tantalising Champions League semi-final clash with Barcelona.
The Reds' romp began when Mane struck after 26 minutes of the quarter-final second leg at Estadio do Dragao, VAR ruling the Senegal international onside after Salah played him in.
Mane does it for Liverpool 🤩 Does that wrap up their trip to the #UCL semifinals?
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will have been delighted with the way his back four dealt with Porto's attack as they tried in vain to turn the tie on its head.
Sergio Conceicao's men created enough chances to have levelled matters before Mane's strike but thereafter their attacking waves crashed harmlessly against Liverpool's defensive rocks, with Virgil van Dijk imperious.
Mo Salah delivers the knockout blow for Liverpool 💪
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Eder Militao eventually found a way through, but only after Salah had effectively ended the contest by slotting home Liverpool's second following Trent Alexander-Arnold's superb cross-field pass.
Mane, Salah, and now Firmino, the Liverpool front 3 is cooking into the semis 🔥🔥🔥
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Late goals from substitute Roberto Firmino and Van Dijk added gloss to the win.
Virgil van Dijk makes it 6 for Liverpool 🤙 The Reds are rolling 🔴
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Porto will be sick of the sight of Liverpool, who knocked them out in the round of 16 last season, and in current form the Reds look capable of winning wherever they play – even Camp Nou.
