Liverpool 6 Sparta Prague 1: Clark shines as Liverpool win 11-2 on aggregate

MO SALAH became the first ever Liverpool player to strike 20 times or more in SEVEN consecutive seasons.

But if he could play against teams as bad as Sparta every week, the Egyptian would finish every campaign with 80 goals.

Bobby Clark starred as Liverpool defeated Sparta Prague in the Europa LeagueCredit: AFP

Mohamed Salah became the first Reds player to score 20 or more goals in seven consecutive seasonsCredit: Reuters

Liverpool were thriving but the Czech champions were utterly hopeless as Jurgen Klopp’s four-way chasers romped to a ridiculously easy win.

Salah was joined in this latest Reds goal celebration by Darwin Nunez, Bobby Clark, Cody Gakpo (two) and Dominik Szoboszlai and if they really wanted to, Liverpool would have reached double figures.

It is difficult to remember a team as poor as Sparta in the knockout stages of any European tournament, and Liverpool know that today’s quarter-final draw will present much tougher opponents.

Klopp, who is now preparing to face Manchester United in the FA Cup on Sunday, had the luxury of taking off Nunez, Joe Gomez and Wataru Endo at half-time.

But the Liverpool manager was ultimately shown a yellow card after complaining that substitute Jarell Quansah was given a somewhat harsh booking.

Incredibly, Liverpool scored three goals in the space of three goals and twelve minutes and were 4-0 up after fourteen minutes.

The unmarked Nunez stroked Szobozlai’s pass into the corner in the seventh minute for his 17th of the season.

Just 68 seconds later, on his full European debut, Bobby Clark grabbed a second after making a suicidal pass over Sparta captain Ladislav Krejci’s goal.

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Salah took his place in the Liverpool history books with a low shot from inside the penalty area after the effervescent Clark had collected the ball from Jaroslav Zeleny.

Gakpo ensured the front three all got their names on the scoresheet as he made it 4-0 for the first time after being picked out by Salah.

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Despite their team playing poorly, the Czech fans made a lot of noise and at least had something to cheer about when Serbian striker Veljko Birmancevic squeezed a shot past Caoimhin Kelleher.

The second half was less than three minutes old when Szoboszlai’s shot, which seemed to go wide, was deflected into the net by Krejci.

Gakpo produced a clever move to guide Harvey Elliott’s shot past beleaguered keeper Peter Vindahkl, who will have nightmares in these two games against Liverpool.

Klopp made a debut for Polish 20-year-old attacking midfielder Mateusz Musialowski and the only surprise was captain Virgil van Dijk coming into danger in the 66th minute.