Liverpool’s 5-0 bashing of Watford in Saturday’s Premier League early kick-off saw them break a top-flight record.

Roberto Firmino scored a hat-trick, while Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah both got on the score sheet as Liverpool went top of the Premier League table.

Liverpool have now scored three or more goals in each of their last seven away games in all competitions. According to Opta, that is a record in English top-flight history.

That run stretches back to the penultimate game of the 2020/21 Premier League season when Liverpool beat Burnley 3-0 at Turf Moor on May 19.

Since then Liverpool have picked up 3-0 wins over Norwich and Leeds in the Premier League and Norwich once again in the Carabao Cup.

They then drew 3-3 at Brentford and thrashed Porto 5-1 in Portugal before completing the streak with the 5-0 win over Watford

Another statistic which highlights how good Liverpool were – but also how poor Watford were – relates to Ranieri.

The game was Ranieri’s first in charge of Watford, his 226th match in the Premier League and his biggest ever defeat in the competition.