UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 5, 2016
Villarreal LLDWW 0
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Liverpool WWDLL 3
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2nd Leg - Liverpool win 3-1 on aggregate · Anfield · 43,074 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Liverpool control Villarreal at Anfield to reach Europa League final

Liverpool reached the Europa League final after turning around a first-leg deficit to defeat Villarreal 2-0 at Anfield on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
11
10
Saves
2
40.5
Possession
59.5
6
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
12
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
459
368
Passes
543
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
29
0.4
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
82
37
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
21
19
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
13
26
Clearances
14

Head to Head

VIL leads series 1-0

Lineups

LIV · 4-4-1-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 4Kolo TouréCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 7James MilnerCM-L
  7. 23Emre CanCM-R
  8. 10Philippe CoutinhoLM
  9. 20Adam LallanaRM
  10. 15Daniel SturridgeF
  11. 11Roberto FirminoRCF

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 5Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 4Tomás PinaCM-R
  8. 18Denis SuárezLM
  9. 8Jonathan dos SantosRM
  10. 17Cédric BakambuCF-L
  11. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Own Goal by Bruno, Villarreal. Liverpool 1, Villarreal 0.
  2. 30' Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 35' Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 60' Substitution, Villarreal. Manu Trigueros replaces Tomás Pina.
  6. 63' Goal! Liverpool 2, Villarreal 0. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a through ball.
  7. 69' Substitution, Villarreal. Adrián replaces Roberto Soldado.
  8. 71' Second yellow card to Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal) for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Substitution, Villarreal. Daniele Bonera replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
  10. 81' Goal! Liverpool 3, Villarreal 0. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
  11. 82' Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  12. 89' Substitution, Liverpool. Christian Benteke replaces Roberto Firmino.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Liverpool. Lucas Leiva replaces Daniel Sturridge.
  14. 90'+3' Denis Suárez (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.