Rampant Liverpool hit top spot again after Huddersfield rout

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League on Friday evening courtesy of a comfortable 5-0 victory over Huddersfield Town at Anfield.

Liverpool were fast out of the blocks and Naby Keita gave them the lead after just 16 seconds.

Keita pounced on a poor pass and won the ball, exchanging passes with Mohamed Salah before hitting a shot which went in off the inside of the post.

Sadio Mane extended Liverpool‘s lead after 22 minutes when he headed home.

Andrew Robertson crossed from the left and Mane headed in to make it 2-0.

Salah made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time when he latched on to a through ball from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

After cutting in from the wing, Salah outran his marker and flicked the ball over onrushing Huddersfield goalkeeper Jonas Lossl.

Mane got his second after 65 minutes and it was another header which made the score 4-0.

Jordan Henderson lofted a cross to the far post and Mane headed powerfully in.

Oxlade-Chamberlain made his much-anticipated return as a replacement for Sturridge after 72 minutes.

Shortly after Mane was denied a hat-trick when a third header came back off the post.

Salah scored his second with 82 minutes on the clock when he was on hand to supply a simple finish and make it 5-0 to Liverpool.

Robertson squared the ball from the left and Salah was inside the six-yard box to side-foot the ball across the line.