The Record Liverpool set following historical  victory over Benfica

Liverpool takes 3-1 first-leg lead over Benfica after late Luis Diaz strike from its host, Benfica in the match that brought them together at Al-Nour stadium, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions League for the current season 2021-2022, to put the Reds ahead in the semi-finals.Liverpool has set a club record after they dispatched Portuguese giants Benfica on Tuesday evening
Liverpool hat-trick was scored by Ibrahim Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz, in the 17th, 34th and 88th minutes, while Darwin Nunez scored Benfica's only goal in the 49th minute.
Opta Data , which specializes in monitoring, analyses, and distributed using a bespoke system that allows Stats Perform to provide data quickly, stated that Liverpool won its 8th  consecutive victory away from home in various competitions, what is happening for the first time in its history. Victory in Portugal was the club's fifth successive away win in this season's Champions League. It is only the second time Liverpool have achieved the feat in Europe, having last done so under former manager Joe Fagan between 1983 and 1984.
The Reds will then host Benfica next Wednesday at Anfield in their quarter-final second leg, before taking on Man City once again in the FA Cup semi- final.