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1¹ The stunned Anderlecht 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from STROEYKENS dropped just wide. 4¹ MYKHAYLICHENKO waltzed past RÚBEN DIAS and stroked a poor shot into the crowd. 6¹ ROEF dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Liverpool's VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR. 9¹ A drive from SAELEMAEKERS seemed a certain goal but ALISSON managed to force the ball clear. 17¹ A cross from STROEYKENS left SAELEMAEKERS in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 22¹ A shot from SAELEMAEKERS was smothered by the Liverpool 'keeper. 24¹ GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from VAN DIJK caught the Anderlecht defence napping and SALAH ran on to round the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Liverpool) 27¹ A corner found KANE who fired an effort inches over. 28¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left KANE clear and he made no mistake by cleverly drifting the ball beyond the oncoming ROEF. (2-0 Liverpool) 31¹ GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly thundered into the net by SALAH. (3-0 Liverpool) 41¹ KANE poked an easy chance past the near post. 47¹ MYKHAYLICHENKO headed over. 1² KANE was put clear by WIRTZ and he nutmegged ROEF but rammed his shot just wide. 11² A twenty yard drive from SALAH caused ROEF little difficulty. 19² A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Liverpool 'keeper. 21² A useful ball from HAKIMI on the right fell to SALAH who mishit his shot wide. 23² GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Liverpool, after DEBAST had fouled SALAH which KANE comfortably converted. (4-0 Liverpool) 30² GOAL!! A tackle from COLASSIN gave Liverpool a free-kick just outside the area which SALAH stroked past the 'keeper. (5-0 Liverpool) 31² A tame strike from COLASSIN trickled agonisingly wide. 36² BELLINGHAM floated the ball to SALAH who fired it just beyond the far post. 39² PENTON cautions WIRTZ for violent conduct against STASSIN.

Liverpool   League position: - Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: WWWWWWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Line-ups ALISSON Ramses 7½ 1 7  Davy ROEF Achraf HAKIMI 7  2 6½ Amir MURILLO(c) Josko GVARDIOL 5½ 3 7  Bohdan MYKHAYLICHENKO Florian WIRTZ 7  4 7  Noah SADIKI RÚBEN Santos DIAS 7½ 5 7  Zeno DEBAST (c)Virgil VAN DIJK 7½ 6 6  TIAGO Emanuel DJALÓ Bukayo SAKA 7  7 7  Dodi LUKEBAKIO Jude BELLINGHAM 7  8 6  Alexis SAELEMAEKERS (p)Harry KANE 7  9 6  Antoine COLASSIN(p) (f)Mohamed SALAH 8  10 5½ Mario STROEYKENS(f) VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR 7  11 6  Lucas STASSIN Chris Goddard Manager Jules KOUNDÉ    12    Nilson ANGULO Joshua KIMMICH    13    Hendrik VAN CROMBRUGGE Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ    14    Killian SARDELLA Phil FODEN    15    Anouar AIT EL HADJ Julián ÁLVAREZ    16    Yari VERSCHAEREN

Anderlecht   League position: - Away league form: ---- Overall league form: -------- Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Liverpool 5 Anderlecht 0 (Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 35,047, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Clive Penton 6, stadium work in progress) Salah 24¹, Kane 28¹, Salah 31¹, Kane 23² (pen), Salah 30² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession           Wirtz 39²   3 10 7 9 2 4 7 3 6 4 13 7 2 3 50% 50% ¶ Man of the match: Mohamed Salah ¶