UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 28, 2016
Liverpool WWWWD 0
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Villarreal WWLLD 1
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1st Leg · Estadio de la Cerámica · 21,606 att.

Match Report

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Villarreal beat Liverpool in Europa League as Adrian Lopez strikes late

Game had looked set to end all square until Denis Suarez slid an unselfish pass across to Lopez, who slid it into an unguarded goal.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
3
54.1
Possession
45.9
15
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
471
Accurate Passes
378
558
Passes
473
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
56
33
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
8
23
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
17
24
Clearances
20

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 24Eric BaillyCD-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

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 4Kolo TouréCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaCM
  7. 24Joe AllenLM
  8. 7James MilnerRM
  9. 11Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 20Adam LallanaRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Jordon Ibe replaces Philippe Coutinho because of an injury.
  2. 60' Jaume Costa (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 72' Substitution, Villarreal. Samu Castillejo replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
  4. 74' Substitution, Villarreal. Adrián replaces Roberto Soldado because of an injury.
  5. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Mateo Musacchio replaces Eric Bailly because of an injury.
  6. 90' Substitution, Liverpool. Christian Benteke replaces Roberto Firmino.
  7. 90'+2' Goal! Villarreal 1, Liverpool 0. Adrián (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Denis Suárez.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
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.