With qualification to the knockout rounds and top spot secured, Jurgen Klopp rang the changes in his Liverpool XI and Midtjylland took full advantage to pick up a memorable point against the Premier League champions.
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The story of the night came in the first minute though as Mohamed Salah opened the scoring. With the goal, he overtook Steven Gerrard’s record of 21 Champions League goals for the Reds. The strike was Salah‘s 22nd in just 39 games.
Gerrard’s 21 goals came in 73 games, Sadio Mane is in third on 17 in 38, Roberto Firmino has 15 in 39 and Spaniard Luis Garcia scored 10 in 24 between 2004 and 2007.
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Irish youngster Caoimhin Kelleher impressed again in goal and was unlucky not to keep another clean sheet, only beaten by a second-half penalty from Alexander Scholz.
Midtjylland go out of Europe with just two points from their six games, though those have come against the two sides who progress to the knockout rounds in Liverpool and Atalanta.
