After Manchester City hammered Basel away from home to all-but seal their route to the Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool went one better with a 5-0 victory away to Porto on Wednesday night.

The Portuguese side lined up at Estadio Dragao without a number of key players, such as top scorer Vincent Aboubakar and Danilo Pereira, but first-choice keeper Josa Sa was to blame for letting Sadio Mane's shot through his palms early on.

Just four minutes later and the Reds' lead was doubled, Mohamed Salah picking up a rebound to juggle the ball past Sa and net his fifth European goal of the campaign.

Mane arrived for his own tap-in to make it three as Liverpool's lethal counter-attacks continued to pay dividends, Roberto Firmino firing home James Milner's cross for 4-0 on 70 minutes.

There was still time for Mane to score from 20 yards out to secure his hat-trick and seemingly guarantee a spot in the last eight, ahead of their return game at Anfield on March 6.

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