Champions League: Atalanta 0-5 Liverpool - Jota score hat-trick as Reds clinch third clean sheet
Liverpool made light work of their UEFA Champions League encounter against Atalanta in Italy on Tuesday 3, recording a third clean sheet.
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| Diogo Jota celebrates with teammates after scoring for Liverpool at Atalanta. Photo: @LFC |
The visitors battered their hosts by five unanswered goals with Portuguese forward Diogo Jota netting a hat-trick.
Reds Manager Jurgen Klopp said "it was the performance we needed" after the game and went further to say that his side 'could score more goals', however, Atalanta goalie made 'three world-class' saves!'
Diogo Jota opened scoring against The Black and Blues in the 16th minute and the Portuguese went ahead to extend Liverpool's lead with the second goal in the 33rd minute.
African superstars - Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Senegalese forward Sadio Mane scored the third and fourth goals in the 47th and 49th minutes respectively for the Reds and Jota completed his hat-trick to ensure Klopp's side recorded their third clean sheet of the 2020/21 Champions League season when he netted Liverpool's fifth goal in the 54th minute.
Liverpool celebrates Diogo Jota after the Portuguese scored thrice against Atalanta ⬇
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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 3, 2020
Our hat-trick hero 🤩 pic.twitter.com/4c6xFReg0c
Klopp said: “It was the performance we needed. The opponent is really strong and can cause you massive problems, and my boys played an incredible game. Front line, defending and attacking, outstanding. Midfield organisation, desire, readiness, top level. We win the game 5-0, could score more goals, yet your goalie has to make three world-class saves! So everybody was involved. It was a really good game. I don’t think any system could have defended tonight against Sadio, Mo and Diogo.”
Hat-trick scorer Diogo Jota said: “I am playing in the best team in my career, so I don’t know if it was my best moment. But scoring goals is my way of playing football, so I am really happy with it, and with the result. A great win away. A good moment, a good night. My favourite goal was the first one, because it unlocks the game. It is important to get the first one. After that we could manage the game our way.”
Dutch midfielder Giorginio Wijnaldum congratulates teammate Diogo Jota for his hat-trick against Atalanta ⬇
YESS🔥What a night! Amazing team performance and a special congrats to @DiogoJota18 ⚽⚽⚽ 👏🏾 #ATALIV #YNWA pic.twitter.com/OENO4hvydz
— Gini Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) November 3, 2020
Liverpool are Group D leaders with nine points after three matches, winning all three while Atalanta are third with four points.
See the results of all games played on Tuesday 3 November with goalscorers ⬇
| GAMES AND RESULTS | GOALSCORERS |
| GROUP A | |
| Locomotiv Moscow 1-1 Atletico Madrid | Home: Miranchuk (25' pen) Away: Gimenez (18') |
| Salzburg 2-6 Bayern Munich | Home: Berisha (4'), Okugawa (66') Away: Lewandowski (21' pen, 88'), Kristensen (44' o.g.), Boateng (79'), Sane (83'), Hernandez (90') |
| GROUP B | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk 0-6 Borussia Mönchengladbach | Away: Plea (8', 26', 78'), Bondar (17' o.g.), Bensebaini (44'), Stindl (65') |
| Real Madrid 3-2 Inter Milan | Home: Benzema (25'), Ramos (33'), Rodrygo (80') Away: Martinez (35'), Perisic (68') |
| GROUP C | |
| FC Porto 3-0 Marseille | Home: Marega (4'), Oliveira (28' pen), Diaz (69') |
| Manchester City 3-0 Olympiacos | Home: Torres (12'), Jesus (81'), Cancelo (90') |
| GROUP D | |
| Atalanta 0-5 Liverpool | Away: Jota (16', 33', 54'), Salah (47'), Mane (49') |
| FC Midtjylland 1-2 Ajax | Home: Dreyer (18') Away: Antony (1'), Tadic (13') |
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