Mohamed Salah scored two penalties as Liverpool closed to within three points of Premier League leaders Manchester City with a 6-0 hammering of Leeds United at Anfield.
Salah netted either side of Joel Matip s superb strike to give Jurgen Klopp s team a comfortable advantage, before Sadio Mane added a late double of his own and Virgil van Dijk completed the scoring.
The stunning victory gives Liverpool renewed hope of catching Pep Guardiola s league leaders, who lost at home to Tottenham on Saturday and must still welcome the Reds to the Etihad Stadium.
City could have expected few favours from Leeds, however, with Marcelo Bielsa s men firmly in a relegation scrap with the league s most porous defence.
After a high-octane opening, Liverpool were awarde…
Stefano Pioli wanted to share the credit around after signing a contract extension to keep him as Milan coach until the end of the 2024-25 season.
Former Inter coach Pioli took over at Milan in 2019, and has overseen a rejuvenation in the Rossoneri s fortunes.
Having finished second in the 2020-21 campaign, Milan clinched their first Serie A title in 11 years last term.
Milan, who sit third in Serie A 12 games into this season, are also on the verge of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign. They need only to avoid defeat against Salzburg on Wednesday to join Chelsea in progressing from Group E.
When asked about signing his new deal in Tuesday s pre-match press conference, Pioli said: The credit be…