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Liverpool inflicted another heavy defeat on Porto to remain top of their Champions League group.
Jurgen Klopp’s side were superb throughout as they maintained their 100% start in the competition.
Mohamed Salah’s prodded finish set them on their way at the Estadio do Dragao, which once again proved a happy hunting ground.
And with memories of 4-1 and 5-0 victories in recent campaigns fresh in the mind they delivered a performance brimming with pace, precision and energy.
Sadio Mane extended their lead on the stroke of half-time with a back-post tap in and with the Reds wearing black armbands to mourn the death of Roger Hunt, fittingly Salah – their modern-day equivalent – contributed his second with a clinical finish into the bottom right corner.
Mehdi Taremi’s header briefly gave the hosts heart but Roberto Firmino added the fourth for Liverpool with home goalkeeper Diogo Costa stranded after woefully charging up the pitch to attempt to clear.
And the Brazilian rounded off a comprehensive victory late on after pouncing on a rebound from Curtis Jones’ volley.
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FC Porto
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Squad number99Player nameDiogo Costa
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Squad number17Player nameJM Corona
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Squad number2Player nameFábio Cardoso
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Squad number5Player nameMarcano
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Squad number12Player nameSanusi
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Squad number25Player nameOtávio
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Squad number27Player nameSérgio Oliveira
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Squad number8Player nameUribe
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Squad number7Player nameDíaz
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Squad number9Player nameTaremi
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Squad number29Player nameAntonio Martínez
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Squad number11Player namePepê
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Squad number16Player nameGrujic
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Squad number20Player nameVitinha
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Squad number22Player nameWendell
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Squad number50Player nameFábio Vieira
Line-ups
FC Porto
Formation 4-4-2
- 99Meireles Costa
- 17JM Corona
- 2Cardoso
- 5Marcano
- 12SanusiSubstituted forWendellat 56′minutes
- 25OtávioSubstituted forVieiraat 14′minutes
- 27OliveiraSubstituted forAquino Cossaat 67′minutes
- 8UribeSubstituted forVitinhaat 56′minutes
- 7Díaz
- 9Taremi
- 29MartínezSubstituted forGrujicat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Marchesín
- 10Conceição
- 11Aquino Cossa
- 16Grujic
- 18Manafá Jancó
- 20Vitinha
- 22Wendell
- 23Neto Lopes
- 28Almeida Costa
- 30de Lima Barbosa
- 31Chipela Gomes
- 50Vieira
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 7MilnerSubstituted forGomezat 66′minutes
- 32Matip
- 4van Dijk
- 26Robertson
- 14HendersonSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 73′minutes
- 3Fabinho
- 17Jones
- 11SalahSubstituted forFirminoat 67′minutes
- 20JotaSubstituted forOrigiat 88′minutes
- 10ManéSubstituted forMinaminoat 67′minutes
Substitutes
- 5Konaté
- 8Keïta
- 9Firmino
- 12Gomez
- 13Adrián
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 18Minamino
- 21Tsimikas
- 27Origi
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- 76N Williams
Live Text
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Match ends, FC Porto 1, Liverpool 5.
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Second Half ends, FC Porto 1, Liverpool 5.
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Hand ball by Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto).
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Attempt missed. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
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Attempt saved. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Diogo Jota.
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Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Fábio Vieira (FC Porto).
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Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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VAR Decision: Goal FC Porto 1-5 Liverpool (Roberto Firmino).
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Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 5. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
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Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jesús Corona (FC Porto).
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Foul by Joseph Gomez (Liverpool).
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Fábio Vieira (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 4. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from long range on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
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Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 3. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a cross.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Jordan Henderson.
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