Porto upset Bayer Leverkusen; Salah hits fastest hat-trick

Mehdi Taremis secondhalf brace paved the way for Portos 30 away victory over Bayer Leverkusen in UEFA Champions League Group BBayern Munich Club Brugge and Napoli secured last16 spots on a night of high drama in Europe on Wednesday night that brought the fastestever Champions League hattrick courtesy of Mohamed Salah They joined Manchester City and Real Madrid who have also made it to the last 16Salah was at his devastating best as former champions Liverpool continued to prosper as they thrashed Rangers 71 in a Group A encounter In other matches on Wednesday night Napoli overcame Ajaz 42 in another Group A match French club Marseille defeated Sporting Lisbon 20 Tottenham Hotspur overcame Eintracht Frankfurt 32 and Bayern Munich defeated Viktoria 42Porto made a fairytale start on the road and stunned Leverkusen with the opener in the sixth minute as Galeno finished off a solo run from 10 metres into the bottom cornerAlso Read UEFA Champions League Barca almost out and Atletico with mountain to climbLeverkusen responded well and had a golden chance to restore parity in the 16th minute but Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved Kerem Demirbays penaltyCosta was also on guard at the halfhour mark when he neutralised a closerange attempt from Mitchel BakkerThe Werkself remained on the front foot but were unlucky moments later when Patrik Schicks goal was disallowed due to a handballAfter the restart Xabi Alonsos men started where they left off as Amine Adli unleashed a dangerous shot on target in the 49th minuteAdli remained in the thick of things as he felled Galeno inside the box to concede a penalty Taremi stepped up and kept his nerves after beating Lukas Hradecky with a chip into the center of the goal in the 53rd minuteThings went from bad to worse at the hour mark as the referee pointed to the penalty spot again after Odilon Kossounou fouled Galeno inside the area Taremi showed no mercy and wrapped up his brace off the lefthand postLeverkusen pressed for a consolation but Schick missed the target from 11 meters before Costa was equal to Moussa Diabys hammer in the closing stagesThe defeat hurts We made mistakes but the result doesnt reflect our performance We are really disappointed of course Porto played very smartly They took an early lead and defended well We had our chance that is also why the defeat is a real pity said Leverkusen defender Jonathan TahWe controlled the game and made the most of our opportunities said Porto striker TaremiSalah tricks into record booksSalah came off the bench to score the fastestever Champions League hat trick as Liverpool ran riot in Glasgow The home side actually took the lead when Scott Arfield finished off a fine team move but Roberto Firmino levelled and after the break it was all LiverpoolFirmino tucked in Joe Gomezs cross before teeing up Darwin Nunez for the third That was Darwins final touch as he was replaced by Salah who duly scored three in a shade over six minutes Harvey Elliott added a late seventhSalahs threegoal salvo came in the space of six minutes and 12 seconds beating Bafetimbi Gomiss eightminute hattrick in another 71 win back in 2011 for Lyon at DinamoBayern on topFour goals in 35 firsthalf minutes effectively sealed Bayerns passage to the knockout stages Sadio Mane gave the visitors an early lead and Thomas Meller soon tapped in the secondLeon Goretzka added a double the first a sweeping finish and the second a calm chip over the goalkeeper as Bayern took full control Adam Vlkanova and Jan Kliment scored in the second half to lift the Plzen fans but the night belonged to BayernNapoli through to knockoutsThe Italian side once again proved too strong for Ajax as two goals in the opening 16 minutes from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori set them on course for a fourth Group A winThe visitors battled gamely Davy Klaassens header halving the deficit and then after the effervescent Khvicha Kvaratskhelia restored the cushion from the spot Steven Bergwijns late penalty briefly made it 32 Substitute Victor Osimhen finally finished off Ajax as Napoli sealed progressThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever