Mohamed Salah masterclass helps Liverpool thrash Roma and put one foot in Champions League final

Liverpool 5 AS Roma 2: The Reds led 5-0 with less than ten minutes remaining but late goals from Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti gave the Italian side some hope

Mohamed Salah masterclass helps Liverpool thrash Roma and put one foot in Champions League final

Liverpool 5 AS Roma 2: The Reds led 5-0 with less than ten minutes remaining but late goals from Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti gave the Italian side some hope.

• Mohamed Salah does it again, and to an ever greater level, but the question that will linger after how this game finished is whether Roma can do it again.

That natural concern of an Italian comeback that comes from their quarter-final against Barcelona will colour what was otherwise another very special night at Anfield, and ensure this bombastic 5-2 win isn’t quite absolutely certain of lifting Liverpool back to the highest stage in the club game. But this was still a night when a very special player moved onto the highest stage of performance.