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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores Champions League's quickest hat trick ever; Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Neymar in top 10

Liverpool took themselves to the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase in emphatic fashion on Wednesday by thrashing Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox, where Mohamed Salah was afforded the freedom of Glasgow.

Bouncing back from a deflating defeat against Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend, the Reds powered to a statement victory thanks in no small part to a spectacular hat trick from second-half substitute Salah.

With his side already 3-1 up and cruising, Salah replaced Darwin Nunez in the 68th minute and proceeded to rattle away three goals within the space of just six minutes and 12 seconds to become the scorer of the fastest hat trick in men's Champions League history.