Stoke City vs Liverpool as it happened: Mo Salah and Sadio Mane score as Jurgen Klopp's side win away
Relive all the action from the bet365 Stadium
A first-half goal from Sadio Mane and a double by livewire substitute Mohamed Salah after the break gave Liverpool a 3-0 win at Stoke City on Wednesday as they continued their push towards the Premier League's top four.
The result left Liverpool fifth on 26 points from 14 games, two behind fourth-placed Arsenal and three adrift of third-placed Chelsea as they stretched their unbeaten league run to five games.
It also delighted manager Juergen Klopp, who praised Salah after the Egypt forward came off the bench in the 67th minute and showed his class with a brilliant volley followed by a clinical finish.
"Thank you is all I said to Mohamed Salah, it is nice to come on in a situation like this," Klopp told the BBC.
"That is a proper away game, it is a difficult place. It was very deserved and we are very happy."
Relive all of the action below.
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What time does it start?
The game kicks off at 8pm on Wednesday 29 November, at the Bet365 Stadium.
Where can I watch it?
The game is not broadcast on live TV but you can follow it live on The Independent.
It’s a big game for…
Mark Hughes. Stoke are tumbling towards the bottom of the table and the pressure is really starting to grow on the Welshman who, at the start of the season, was the favourite to get the sack. Should the teams around them who have recently changed managers start picking up points, Stoke will be forced to take action so the onus is on Hughes to make sure there is not a decision to be made.
Player to watch…
Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian has lit up the Premier League so far this season and finds himself top of the goalscoring charts with 10 goals in 13 games. But can he do it on a cold, wet Wednesday night in Stoke?
Form guide…
Stoke: LLWDDL
Liverpool: WWWWDD
Odds…
Stoke: 11/2
Liverpool: 4/7
Draw: 15/4
Just over five minutes to go until kick-off at the bet365 Stadium. Can Liverpool get the win they need to move above Tottenham and into fifth place in the league?
7' - It's been a really slow start here. Both sides still feeling each other out.
10' - Peter Crouch shows some really fast feet in the middle of the park to beat a couple of Liverpool players before looking for ball Mame Biram Diouf on the right wing. The Stoke striker's pass is sloppy though and the ball straight out of play for a Liverpool throw-in.
GOAL! Stoke 0-1 Liverpool (Mane)
18' - Liverpool open the scoring through Sadio Mane! The Senegalese receives the ball from Dominic Solanke in the penalty area before cutely dinking the ball over Lee Grant in the Stoke goal.
Stoke's players feel aggrieved as they believe the ball went out of play in the build-up to the goal but replays suggest the officials made the right decision.
25' - Xherdan Shaqiri gives the ball away in a dangerous position midway inside the Stoke half and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain leads a Liverpool counter-attack. The England midfielder finds Roberto Firmino on the edge of the penalty area but Ryan Shawcross does well to dispossess the Brazilian and turn the ball behind for a corner, which comes to nothing.
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