Liverpool stunned Manchester City with a superb display in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night to secure a well-deserved 3-0 win at a raucous Anfield.

Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane scored within the space of 18 first-half minutes to claim a victory that extended the Reds' formidable unbeaten home record in Europe to 15 matches.

It was a magnificent team performance full of individual brilliance and we've picked out five great stats that help tell the tale of an incredible night...

1. Salah keeps reeling in records

Another game, another goal for Salah. Liverpool's seemingly unstoppable Egyptian forward slotted home from Roberto Firmino's pass to open the scoring against City after 12 minutes and took his tally for the season to a whopping 38 strikes.

That incredible haul moved the No.11 into fourth place in the club's all-time list for goals scored in a single campaign - one ahead of Roger Hunt's tally from the 1964-65 FA Cup-winning season.

Ian Rush's 40-goal landmark from 1986-87 is the next target in Salah's sights, followed by Hunt's 42-goal campaign in 1961-62. With potentially 10 games still left to play this season, Rush's club record of 47 could well be within reach too.

2. Milner is the master of assists

James Milner equalled the record for assists in a Champions League season with his crunching tackle and subsequent pass to set up Oxlade-Chamberlain for Liverpool's second goal, taking his tally to eight for the campaign.

The Reds midfielder drew level with Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, 2013-14) and Neymar (Barcelona, 2016-17), but, according to UEFA, has taken far fewer minutes to reach the milestone.

Milner averages an assist every 57 minutes, while Rooney turned provider every 96 minutes and Neymar every 100 minutes.

The vice-captain could set a new benchmark for assists since the competition changed to the current format in 2003-04 with at least the quarter-final second leg against City still to play.

3. Klopp's Reds the most prolific in Europe

The three strikes against City consolidated Liverpool's position as the top-scoring side in the Champions League this term and also set a new club milestone in Europe.

Jürgen Klopp's swashbuckling side have scored 31 goals in nine matches - an average of 3.4 per game - to break the record of Rafael Benitez's Reds, who netted 29 times en route to the semi-finals in 2007-08.

Liverpool's nearest goalscoring rivals in the Champions League are Paris Saint-Germain, who scored 27 times before being eliminated in the round of 16, and fellow quarter-finalists Real Madrid, who have found the net on 25 occasions.

4. Trent played like a dream

"It's the stuff dreams are made of," said delighted young Scouser Trent Alexander-Arnold after his Man of the Match performance on Wednesday.

While Liverpool's goalscoring prowess may have caught the eye in the first half, it was the defensive resilience of Klopp's men that really stood out after the break.

And right-back Trent had more touches (77), made more clearances (10) and made more interceptions (seven) than any of his teammates.

"The clean sheet is just as important as the three goals we scored," added the 19-year-old.

5. Karius is king of the clean sheets

Loris Karius enjoyed one of his easier European nights as he kept his sixth clean sheet of the campaign - more than any other goalkeeper in the competition - to stake his claim as the safest pair of hands in the Champions League.

The Liverpool No.1 faced 11 shots at Anfield but City failed to muster a single effort on target for the first time in a match since October 26, 2016.

The German moved clear of countryman Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who couldn't keep out Edin Dzeko's 80th-minute effort for Roma in Barcelona's 4-1 win at the Nou Camp.