Diogo Jota scores 10,000th goal in Liverpool’s history but Reds hit by Fabinho injury setback in Champions League win

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Diogo Jota netted the 10,000th goal in the history of Liverpool Football Club as the Reds beat FC Midtjylland 2-0 in the Champions League at Anfield.

His strike, an easy tap-in, was a nice salute to the scorers of the previous 9,999 goals but the team’s performance was a long way off the high standards that some of the great Liverpool sides produced during the club’s illustrious 128-year history.

Jota wrote himself into Liverpool’s history booksGetty Images - Getty

And it’s one of the easiest goals he’ll ever scoreAFP or licensors

The goal was a rare moment of quality as Liverpool carved open the Danish minnows ten minutes into the second half with Xherdan Shaqiri finding an unmarked Trent Alexander-Arnold in the box with a neat reverse pass.

Alexander-Arnold looked up and gave Jota the simple task of putting the ball into an empty net as he found the Portuguese with a low cross from the right.

That looked like it was going to be the winner but Liverpool got an almighty let-off in the 90th minute as Anders Dryer’s chip only hit the side-netting after the Midtjylland star did well to fox Joe Gomez.

The result was sealed in stoppage-time as Mohamed Salah blasted in a penalty after the Egyptian was fouled by Evander.

Evander stood on the back of Salah’s heel in the boxGetty - Pool

But the substitute got up and dispatched the resulting spot-kickGetty - Pool

The win and a draw between Atalanta and Ajax’s leaves the six-time winners in charge of their Champions League group with a maximum six points.

However, there were plenty of negatives to take from the sluggish performance, with substitute Roberto Firmino missing a sitter late in the game.

But in even worse news, another player has joint the Liverpool treatment table, with Fabinho coming off in the first half after pulling up with a hamstring injury.

The Brazilian had been standing in at centre-back for Virgil van Dijk, who’s a long-term absentee and now Liverpool only have one recognised senior player with experience in that position.