Arne Slot said he "loves" Luis Díaz just like fans in Liverpool and Colombia after the forward scored a Champions League hat trick in a 4-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield. Liverpool moved clear at the top of the Champions League table with a fourth straight win in this season's competition following Díaz's hat trick and a Cody Gakpo header.

Luis Diaz scored a brilliant second-half hat trick as Liverpool routed German champion Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 in the Champions League.

Liverpool now stand top of the 36 teams thrown together in the new Champions League mega-table, as well as top in the Premier League.There was a hat-trick for Luis Díaz, the finest individual performance among many in a blistering second half in which,

Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs Bayer Leverkusen as Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo gave Arne Slot's side another win in Europe, this time against Xabi Alonso.

Liverpool's Luis Diaz scored a hat-trick as they maintained their perfect Champions League campaign with a barnstorming second-half display in a 4-0 victory over Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield on Tuesday.

Luis Diaz scored a hat-trick as Liverpool made light work of German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on a miserable night for the returning Xabi Alonso at Anfield. Diaz's impudent chip was followed by Cody Gakpo's fourth goal in a week as the hosts won the game within the space of three second-half minutes before Diaz added two more late on.