Liverpool moved to the top of the Champions League table and kept their European winning streak going with a fine outing against Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield. The second half was all Liverpool. Mo Salah then set up the second with a cross to Gakpo who headed home a few minutes later. With three minutes of added time, Liverpool countered and Darwin Nunez set Diaz up to complete his hat-trick.
Not a point. Not a goal. Not their pride. Not any hold on Luis Diaz , either, who hit a hat-trick. It was fitting of a team first in this expanded table. There is a genuinely noteworthy reference, that actually came the last time Liverpool saw a talismanic and charismatic figurehead replaced by a more placid but possibly more calculating character. Jaros is doing well and we have another goalkeeper as well. What I like about today is we only needed him five minutes from the end.
I like the work rate of the players. Now I would advise these people to watch this game today because he was constantly on the front foot. They overloaded the midfield a lot and we adjusted a half-tine and took the risk to play one v one all over. Curtis Jones did an incredible pass and then you have someone with the pace of Lucho to finish it off.
The pass was as good as the goal in my opinion. Liverpool now top the Champions League table with a perfect 12 points from their four matches.
Andy Robertson slides into a tackle to win the ball and kick start a sweeping counter attack. He feeds it to Darwin Nunez who flies up the pitch and has a shot deflected into the path of Luis Diaz.
