Liverpool Defeat Porto, Heads on to Face Barcelona (4-1)

Mohamed Salah scored one and set up another to lead an on the roll Liverpool to a 4-1 victory at Porto in their Champions League quarter-final second leg on Wednesday, setting up a titanic clash against Barcelona.

The Reds, who claimed a 6-1 aggregate victory, held off Porto in the early stages before Salah and Sadio Mane combined for the Senegalese to put them ahead with their first shot on target following a VAR review.

Egypt hero Salah doubled the the scoring after the break and goals from Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk wrapped it up late on. Porto had briefly reduced the scoring through Eder Militao, but having lost the first leg 2-0 at Anfield, they never seemed in a position to overturn the deficit.

Brazilian Firmino, who had started on the bench as Klopp handed  made it 3-1 with a downward header with 13 minutes left and Van Dijk headed home a fourth from a corner eight minutes later.

Tottenham Hotspur will face Ajax Amsterdam in the other semi-final tie.