Salah, Mane’s brace and Keita’s record strike help Liverpool win 5-0 & move top of PL with 91 points
Liverpool powered back to the top of the Premier League as Naby Keita's goal after just 15 seconds inspired a 5-0 rout of Huddersfield on Friday.
Jurgen Klopp's side struck three times in the first half at Anfield, with Keita bagging Liverpool's fastest ever Premier League goal before Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah also got on the scoresheet.
Mane and Salah netted again in the second half to move the Reds two points clear of second placed Manchester City, who will regain pole position if they win at Burnley on Sunday.
The lead at the top of the table has now changed hands for a record 29th time as this memorable season heads for a thrilling conclusion.
Unfazed by City's crucial win at Manchester United on Wednesday, Liverpool are keeping their end of the bargain in their chase for a first English title in 29 years.
Liverpool required just seconds to demonstrate that the chances of an upset from already relegated Huddersfield were non-existent.
Their goal-spree also ate into the eight-goal deficit by which they trailed City in the goal difference column before kick-off.
Even without Firmino, Liverpool had more than enough to sweep aside relegated Huddersfield, with Salah and Mane becoming the first Premier League strikers this season to reach the 20-goal mark, reaching 21 and 20 goals, respectively.
It was Keita who started the rout with the first of those goals as goalkeeper Jonas Lossl played a harmless pass out of the Huddersfield area to Jon Gorenc Stankovic, who was immediately closed down by Keita and robbed of the ball.
The midfielder quickly exchanged passes with Salah and advanced into the area before scoring with an accomplished 15-yard finish.
On 23 minutes, the lead was predictably doubled as full-back Andy Robertson appeared on the end of a patient move to cross for Mane to split his markers and head in.
And, in first-half stoppage-time, Klopp's side struck again when right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold's magnificently-weighted pass was met by Salah, who lobbed the ball over the advancing goalkeeper's head.
Mane added a fourth, on 65 minutes, as he headed in impressively, off-balance from six yards, from another excellent cross, this one from Jordan Henderson.
A successful evening continued as Klopp was able to bring on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, out for 12 months with knee ligament injury, as a 73rd minute substitute.
The England international came close to scoring within minutes and fellow sub Xherdan Shaqiri almost set up a hat-trick for Mane whose header hit the post.
Shaqiri also started the move for the 83rd minute fifth goal, finding Robertson whose deadly cross was turned in from point-blank range by Salah.