UEFA Champions League

Racing Genk vs Liverpool, 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

· UEFA Champions League
  • 88': Stephen Odey
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  • 2': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 57': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 77': Sadio Mané
  • 87': Mohamed Salah

Liverpool cruise past Racing Genk with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain brace

Liverpool rode an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain brace to a 4-1 win over Racing Genk on Wednesday to stay second in Champions League Group E.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 1. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
  • 4': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Carlos Cuesta.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jere Uronen following a fast break.
  • 6': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
  • 6': Joakim Maehle (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Offside, KRC Genk. Joakim Maehle tries a through ball, but Paul Onuachu is caught offside.
  • 7': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
  • 7': Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
  • 8': Theo Bongonda (KRC Genk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Cuesta with a through ball.
  • 9': Foul by Naby Keita (Liverpool).
  • 9': Junya Ito (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk).
  • 10': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Hand ball by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
  • 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joakim Maehle.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
  • 23': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
  • 23': Theo Bongonda (KRC Genk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a through ball.
  • 25': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
  • 25': Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Offside, KRC Genk. Mbwana Samatta tries a through ball, but Junya Ito is caught offside.
  • 29': Foul by Bryan Heynen (KRC Genk).
  • 29': Naby Keita (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 32': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Carlos Cuesta.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Lovren following a corner.
  • 35': Offside, KRC Genk. Jhon Lucumí tries a through ball, but Junya Ito is caught offside.
  • 36': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Carlos Cuesta.
  • 38': Foul by Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk).
  • 38': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Offside, KRC Genk. Joakim Maehle tries a through ball, but Junya Ito is caught offside.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 45': Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
  • 45': Joakim Maehle (KRC Genk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+1': Offside, KRC Genk. Bryan Heynen tries a through ball, but Paul Onuachu is caught offside.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 47': Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
  • 47': Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Corner, KRC Genk. Conceded by Naby Keita.
  • 57': Goal! KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 2. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  • 59': Corner, KRC Genk. Conceded by Fabinho.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bryan Heynen with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Andrew Robertson.
  • 65': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jhon Lucumí.
  • 66': Foul by Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk).
  • 66': Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 66': Substitution, KRC Genk. Dieumerci Ndongala replaces Theo Bongonda.
  • 67': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jhon Lucumí.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross following a corner.
  • 69': Foul by Naby Keita (Liverpool).
  • 69': Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Foul by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool).
  • 69': Jere Uronen (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 73': Foul by Joseph Gomez (Liverpool).
  • 73': Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Naby Keita.
  • 75': Offside, Liverpool. Georginio Wijnaldum tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
  • 75': Offside, KRC Genk. Gaetan Coucke tries a through ball, but Paul Onuachu is caught offside.
  • 77': Goal! KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 3. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  • 80': Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 81': Substitution, KRC Genk. Stephen Odey replaces Paul Onuachu.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Sander Berge (KRC Genk) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dieumerci Ndongala.
  • 82': Foul by Carlos Cuesta (KRC Genk).
  • 82': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Naby Keita (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 84': Foul by Stephen Odey (KRC Genk).
  • 84': Naby Keita (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Stephen Odey (KRC Genk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Dieumerci Ndongala (KRC Genk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Junya Ito with a cross.
  • 87': Goal! KRC Genk 0, Liverpool 4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 87': Substitution, KRC Genk. Ianis Hagi replaces Junya Ito.
  • 88': Goal! KRC Genk 1, Liverpool 4. Stephen Odey (KRC Genk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dieumerci Ndongala.
  • 89': Offside, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Heynen.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
  • 90'+2': Stephen Odey (KRC Genk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Joseph Gomez (Liverpool).
  • 90'+2': Mbwana Samatta (KRC Genk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Jere Uronen (KRC Genk) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Carlos Cuesta.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, KRC Genk 1, Liverpool 4.
  • 0': Match ends, KRC Genk 1, Liverpool 4.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 6
7 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 3
74.4 Possession 25.6
17 SHOTS 8
7 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
686 Accurate Passes 183
768 Passes 252
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 5
18 Crosses 17
0.2 Cross % 0.3
49 Long Balls 50
35 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 0
11 Effective Tackles 7
19 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 19
8 Effective Clearances 20
8 Clearances 20

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Cegeka Arena
Location: Genk, Belgium
Attendance: 19,626

Line-Ups

GENK Racing Genk (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
28 Gaëtan Coucke (GK)
33 Jhon Lucumí
46 Carlos Cuesta
21 Jere Uronen
31 Joakim Maehle
25 Sander Berge
8 Bryan Heynen
27 Théo Bongonda
7 Junya Ito
18 Paul Onuachu
10 Mbwana Samatta

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
6 Dejan Lovren
26 Andrew Robertson
7 James Milner
3 Fabinho
8 Naby Keïta
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
9 Roberto Firmino
10 Sadio Mané
11 Mohamed Salah

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