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Arne Slot confirmed Mohamed Salah 'felt something' as he asked to come off (Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Liverpool produced a sublime attacking performance to thrash Galatasaray and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Trailing 1-0 after defeat in Istanbul in the first leg, Arne Slot’s side were back to their brilliant best in a fluent showing as they powered past their visitors 4-0 at Anfield. The hosts started fast and opened the scoring 25 minutes in via a beautifully-worked corner routine converted by Dominik Szoboszlai – later tipped by Steven Gerrard as a future captain – and should have been further ahead before half time only for Mohamed Salah to miss from the penalty spot.

It could have become a nervy night at that stage but Liverpool surged away with three goals in 10 minutes. Hugo Ekitike and Ryan Gravenberch took them ahead in the tie before Salah atoned for his penalty miss with a fine curling finish – his 50th Champions League goal.

But the forward asked to be brought off before full-time, raising doubts ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Brighton on Saturday, and Slot said: “Injury-wise, he was asking for a substitution, not because he thought he had scored enough, but that he felt something, so let's see where he is for the weekend.”

But a rematch with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, who knocked Liverpool out of last year’s competition, awaits. Follow all of the latest from Anfield with our live blog below:

Steven Gerrard urges Arne Slot to keep Dominik Szoboszlai in his ‘proper position’ for Liverpool

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has urged Arne Slot to keep Dominik Szoboszlai in his “proper position” after the midfielder kick-started the Champions League win over Galatasaray.

“I like his mentality. He's evolved and he's grown a lot since he's become a Liverpool player," said Gerrard on TNT Sports. "We [Liverpool] obviously signed a big talent.

“He's in the prime years of his career. I think Liverpool are going to see the best of him. I hope he stays around for a long time because I think there's a potential captain in there.

“I still think there's another level to him as well. I can see him potentially getting more goals, if he can have a consistent run in that 8/10 position. You can see it tonight; he could have had a hat-trick.

People are going away now talking about his performance because he's exciting and he's entertaining, but he's in his proper position. Keep him in his proper position. Let him flourish."

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How Mohamed Salah and a tactical tweak breathed life back into Liverpool’s campaign

There may not be too many ways in which this season is better than last for Liverpool but Arne Slot can at least point to a significant one. Liverpool have gone further in the Champions League, and this was progress in more ways than one.

A quarter-final was booked in emphatic and entertaining fashion. The boos that greeted the final whistle against Tottenham on Sunday were replaced by cheers, the lethargy with which Liverpool have played too often giving way to an energy and intensity. This was frenzied and fast, players and crowd feeding off each other. “There was a great dynamic between the players and fans,” said Slot. “Almost a perfect game.”

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Arne Slot looks forward to PSG rematch in Champions League

Liverpool lost on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain in last season’s Champions League last-16, with the French side going on to win the European Cup for the first time.

And Slot said he is looking forward to welcoming the PSG to Anfield again, as well as another trip to the Parc des Princes after last season’s 1-0 win.

“If you go to the latter stages of the Champions League, you know one thing for sure: that you're going to face Paris Saint-Germain because it is an incredible team.

“We've experienced that last season when we faced them. Away from home, a very, very difficult game and here at Anfield... I said tonight we played a perfect game and here at Anfield we played also a fantastic game [against PSG].

“I've said a lot of times how great of a match that was, the best game I've managed in my career – maybe not in the result, but how football should be played.

“Both teams just playing football, just wanting to enjoy the fans, to entertain the fans. We were the only team that brought them to extra-time, the only team that brought them to penalties, but that team has shown this season that they haven't dropped a level.”