Richmond Boakye's Red Star Belgrade clobbered at Liverpool in UEFA Champions League

Published on: 25 October 2018
Richmond Boakye's Red Star Belgrade clobbered at Liverpool in UEFA Champions League
Richmond Boakye-Yiadom

Ghana striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom led the attack for Serbian side Red Star Belgrade in their 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Liverpool on Wednesday night in the UEFA Champions League Group C.

Many betting outfits had predicted a tight outcome but for Reds looked too dominant on the night as they coasted to the victory that makes them certain of reaching the next stage.

Boakye went into the match with an impressive goal form five goals in five competitive matches but could pull his side along as they suffered the heavy defeat.

His compatriot Rashid Sumaila was not named in the team's list for the match even though he travelled with the squad for the game in the English city.

Boakye's performance mirrored the team's output at Anfield as Red Star Belgrade are now bottom of the group with one point from three games.

Mohamed Salah scored twice to reach a half-century of Liverpool goals in a comfortable victory over Red Star Belgrade, as the Reds went top of Champions League Group C.

It was a dominant display from the hosts, Roberto Firmino firing in Andy Robertson's cut-back on 20 minutes.

Salah got his first just before the break then added a second to reach an impressive landmark by converting a penalty won by Sadio Mane.

Mane then slotted a fourth goal with 10 minutes to go, having missed another penalty just moments before.

Goalscorers aside, Xherdan Shaqiri proved influential for the hosts - an excellent through ball to Robertson helped set up Firmino's opener and it was the Swiss player's flick that then assisted Salah's first goal.

Firmino, one of five players back in the starting line-up after a depleted Reds side narrowly beat Huddersfield in the league on Saturday, marked his return with his 13th goal in 18 Champions League appearances for the club and his 10th in eight games at Anfield.

Mane was also bright - he linked up well with Salah on numerous occasions and earned his side's first penalty when he got an arm in the face from Red Star captain Filip Stojkovic.

He made up for missing the second penalty - won when El Fardou Ben handled in the area - by sliding in to poke into the bottom corner to make it 4-0, before substitute Adam Lallana was denied a fifth from close range.

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