Players deliver for manager and supporterspublished at 08:28 GMT
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Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (4-1 on agg)
Aadam Patel
BBC Sport Liverpool reporter
It would not be an understatement to say that this was Liverpool’s biggest game of the season so far. Fail to go through and the pressure on Slot would only have intensified.
After the crowd reaction on Sunday, when Liverpool were booed off after drawing to Tottenham, the Liverpool players needed to put in a performance for both their manager and the crowd.
And they delivered. From the outset, Galatasaray seemed determined to take time out of the game but, from the moment Szoboszlai broke the deadlock with his 12th goal of the season, the Turkish side had no answer to Liverpool’s onslaught.
The home side were rampant and could have put the game to bed before half-time. At the break, Okan Buruk, the Galatasaray boss, made two changes in a bid to get some control back but his side had no answer to Liverpool’s energy.
Liverpool looked like they were scoring at will in the second half and in the end, it could have been way more than four, with Cakir deserving some praise for making save after save.
Reports in Turkey had suggested that Galatasaray players were going to share a €5m bonus (£4.3m) had they claimed Liverpool’s scalp. In truth, they never even came close.
For Liverpool, despite their struggles, the season remains very much alive and the thought of a last-eight tie against PSG is tantalising to say the least.