CL: Sadio Mane scores hat-trick as Liverpool crush toothless Porto 5-0
Updated On: 15 February, 2018 08:53 AM IST | Porto | AFP
Sadio Mane scored a brilliant treble as Liverpool romped to a 5-0 thrashing of Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday to march towards the Champions League quarter-finals

Liverpool's Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen first leg football match between FC Porto and Liverpool at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Pic/AFP

Liverpool's Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen first leg football match between FC Porto and Liverpool at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Pic/AFP
Sadio Mane scored a brilliant treble as Liverpool romped to a 5-0 thrashing of Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday to march towards the Champions League quarter-finals. Mane fired the away side ahead in the first leg of the last-16 clash, before Mohamed Salah's audacious finish for his 30th goal of the season quickly made it two. The Senegalese forward slotted in his second as Liverpool completely outclassed their opponents, with Roberto Firmino adding his name to the scoresheet with 20 minutes to play, before Mane's searing strike completed his first European hat-trick. "It was important to play as a team and we did, we played great football from the beginning," Mane told BT Sport. "We created so many chances and we scored five. It was well deserved.
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