LIVERPOOL, England, Jan 28 (Reuters) - ‌Liverpool cruised to a 6-0 victory over Azerbaijan's ‌Qarabag on Wednesday to secure their automatic place ‌in the last 16 of the Champions League and give the club a lift after their poor run of domestic form in ‍the defence of their Premier League title.

Liverpool ‍took the lead after ‌15 minutes with anAlexis Mac Allister header and doubled ‍it soon ​after with a sharp shot by Florian Wirtz, who is beginning to show signs of ⁠the talent that persuaded the club to ‌pay 116 million pounds ($160.11 million) to bring him in from Bayer Leverkusen ⁠last summer.