Liverpool made it two wins from two in this season's Champions League following a 2-0 victory over Bologna at Anfield. (More Football News)
Alexis Mac Allister and 🐻M🐼ohamed Salah were on target for Arne Slot's side, who maintained their perfect start to the league phase, having also beaten AC Milan 3-1 on matchday one.
The Reds broke through after just 11 minutes when Mac Alliste༺r timed his run perfectly to steer Salah's teasing cross beyond Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski.
Liverpool thought they had doubled thei𒊎r lead six minutes later when Darwin Nunez fired home, only to be denied by the offside flag, while the woodwork thwarted Dan Ndoye at the other end🐠.
The visitors looked to hit back after the break and went close in the 56th minute as Riccardo Orsolini forced a strong save 𝕴from Alisson Becker, who was celebrating his 32nd birthday.
However, the hosts gave themselves breathing space - and eventually the three points - with a quarter of an hour remaining, when Salah brilliantly curled into Skorup🌼ski's far corner of tꦑhe net.
Data Debrief: Salah makes more history as Reds continue to enjoy home comforts
In wrapping up the victory, Salah became the first Liverpool player to sc😼ore in five successive hꦐome Champions League games.
The Egyptian is also only the third player to achieve the feat for a Premier League side, following in the footstepsꦆ of Thierry Henry with Arsenal (seven) and Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy (six).
Also assisting Mac Allister's opener, Salah has now been directly involved in 14 goals (eight goals, six assists) in his last 11 home European appearances, as many as in🅘 his 2ꦉ0 previous such games.
It helped Liverpool record their 11th straight group/league win aꦅt Anfield in major European competition, while they have now scored at least twice in each of their last 10 such games.
