UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Liverpool WWWWD 5
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FC Porto WDDWW 1
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LIV235
FCP011
Estádio do Dragão · 23,520 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool win big in Porto to underline Champions League credentials

Liverpool continued their perfect start in Champions League Group B with a comfortable 5-1 win against Porto.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
8
66.7
Possession
33.3
21
SHOTS
6
13
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
551
Accurate Passes
233
641
Passes
311
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
63
31
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
20
0.3
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
25
10
Clearances
25

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

FCP · 4-4-2

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 5Iván MarcanoCD-L
  3. 2Fábio CardosoCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 17Jesús CoronaRB
  6. 8Mateus UribeCM-L
  7. 27Sérgio OliveiraCM-R
  8. 7Luis DíazLM
  9. 25OtávioRM
  10. 29Toni MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Mehdi TaremiCF-R

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 7James MilnerRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 17Curtis JonesLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Substitution, FC Porto. Fábio Vieira replaces Otávio because of an injury.
  2. 18' Goal! FC Porto 0, Liverpool 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Goal! FC Porto 0, Liverpool 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Marko Grujic replaces Toni Martínez.
  5. 56' Substitution, FC Porto. Wendell replaces Zaidu Sanusi.
  6. 56' Substitution, FC Porto. Vitinha replaces Mateus Uribe.
  7. 60' Goal! FC Porto 0, Liverpool 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones following a fast break.
  8. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces James Milner.
  9. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Mohamed Salah.
  10. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Sadio Mané.
  11. 67' Substitution, FC Porto. Pepê replaces Sérgio Oliveira.
  12. 73' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Jordan Henderson.
  13. 74' Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 3. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a cross.
  14. 77' Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 4. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from long range on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
  15. 81' Goal! FC Porto 1, Liverpool 5. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  16. 83' VAR Decision: Goal FC Porto 1-5 Liverpool (Roberto Firmino).
  17. 88' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Diogo Jota.

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