Champions League: Super Salah shines again as Liverpool beat Roma in semi-final first leg
Mohamed Salah
Mo Salah struck twice in the first half to give an early lead to Juergen Klopp's side
Liverpool blew AS Roma defence into pieces as the Reds defeatedvisitors 5-2 in the first leg of Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday at Anfield.
Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah struck twice in the first half to give an early 2-0 lead to Juergen Klopp's side.
Lead was then further extend byRoberto Firmino as he ripped Roma apart after the break by scoring two more goals.
Sadio Mane scored one more goal to make it5-0 up for Liverpool but two late Roma goals, however, gavethe Italians some relaxation as they tried to forfeit the deficit to some extent.
Edin Dzeko struck for the visitors in the 81st minute and four minutes later Diego Perotti converted a penalty to save some excitement for the second leg game.
As the fans would expect AS Roma to repeat the quarter-finals heroics that booted out Spanishgiants FC Barcelona from the tournament when theycame back from 4-1 down to beat Barcain the round of eight.
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