Benfica 1-3 Liverpool: The Senior Reds prevailed to qualify for the semi-finals

The unbridled Liverpool did not stop in Lisbon either. On the other hand, Jürgen Klopp’s team won a really big win with the 3-1 win over Benfica in “Luz” with their full offensive monologue in the first part and their good presence from 80′, which they bring in with one and one half foot in the top 4 teams of this year’s Champions League.

Conate (his first goal with Liverpool), Mane (he reached 22 in Europe against Gerard) and Dias (his first Champions League goal with Merseyside) were the England side’s top scorers, with Benfica only bettering in the middle from their side to find the period 46′-60′ and nothing but the destination of nounies.

It should be noted that Liverpool equaled their five consecutive away wins in Europe (after those against Porto, Atletico and Milan in the groups and with Inter in the “16” stage) and thus equaled the corresponding record, with Benfica not yet winning for their part has reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League (in the form since 1993) with now 3 draws and 6 defeats.

In Greece, on the other hand, Odysseas Vlachodimos showed a very good performance after conceding three goals, but held 3-4 while Costas Tsimikas stayed on the bench.

The game

Only in the first five minutes was there a balance of power on the pitch, with the continuation and up to the final of the first part belonging exclusively to Liverpool, who made their opponent suffer in an aggressive monologue. Klopp’s players circled the ball extremely confidently and with constant movements often stepped into the opponent’s penalty area, so that the dance of chances began early.

In the 9th minute, Otamendi overtook Salah’s space and saved the ball with a tackle in a corner, three minutes later Vlachodimos blocked Keita’s shot to be the English side’s third good moment in the 17th minute, which was also a salvation for them . Portuguese.

Robertson took a corner from the left and Conate netted an Imperial header from the height of the small area to celebrate his first goal with the Reds from Scotland’s 14th assist of the year and their 20th different goalscorer at all events this year to become season.

The Eagles had their first final in the 23rd minute (Everton’s shot went wide) and it seems that…they irritated the visitors as they kept pushing and it wasn’t long before they – rightly – a Goal found second goal. In the 24th minute, Dias touched him but saw his place on the body of Vlachodimos stop, with the former Porto striker denying a rematch in the 34th minute.

When Alexander-Arnold took an incredibly long ball with accuracy and Dias was thrown in the back of Benfica’s defense to feed Mane a header and defeat Vlachodimos by a narrow pitch, he scored the 3 Champions League goals in 22 overall with the Reds in top European club competition.

In the 37th minute Benfica had their first final on target, with a shot from Everton not bothering Allison to reach the 45th minute and Vlachodimos to put in another impressive performance, this time in a four against -Four with Salah.

A few seconds later the referee blew his whistle and sent the two teams into the dressing room for the break.with Liverpool’s 11th final (6 at home) against 4 of the hosts (1 at home) is a small slice of the Merseyside Reds’ overall dominance (0.4 vs. 1.9 goals, 35%-65% possession).

However, the second part was a completely different case, with Benfica rushing in and finding their way to the net before five minutes had elapsed. Rafa Silva spun from the right, Conate caught the air and tried to chase the ball and Darwin Nounies found himself in a shooting position to smack Allison and reduce it to 1-2.

That goal changed the data, bringing excitement to the hosts who upped the pace and put Liverpool in a rather uncomfortable position by 60′, forcing Allison to perform a very difficult operation, completing an hour of Everton’s powerful shooting to to keep his team in the lead.

Somewhere Jurgen Klopp chose to intervene from the bench rather than Mane, Salah and Thiago past Zota, Firmino and Henderson and this intervention proved a catalyst as the Reds were poor on offense from 46′ and then cutting the home team and fully controlling the pace.

They even had their first good moment of the second half in the 81st minute when Dias went wide from a Henderson cross, followed by two shots from Zota and Alexander-Arnold, who countered in the next few minutes and turned in a corner .

Those stages were essentially a harbinger for them in 87′ where the Reds found the third goal. Keita played a great vertical pass and Dias was hurled in the back of Benfica’s defense to pass Vlachodimos, who went from home and scored with a place at unprotected home to make it 3-1, knowing the apotheosis of Lisbon’s 3,000 away fans .

In the seventh minute of the delay, Klopp’s side had a great opportunity for a fourth goal which was stopped at Vlachodimos (Zota’s save was blocked) and in the final the Reds walked away with a very important win that makes them the all-time favorites for that qualify for semi-finals.

Benfica: Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonhen, Grimaldo, Silva, Vaigl, Taarabt (70′ Meite), Everton (82′ Yaremchuk), Ramos (87′ Mario), Nounies

LIVERPOOL: Allison, Alexander-Arnold (89′ Gomez), Konate, Van Dyke, Robertson, Fambino, Keita (89′ Milner), Thiago (61′ Henderson), Mane (61′ Firmino), Dias, Salah (61′

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