UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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Marseille WLLWW 0
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Match Report

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Liverpool beat Marseille to close in on UCL last 16

Dominik Szoboszlai helped Liverpool to a 3-0 victory in Marseille that made a Champions League top-eight finish all the more likely.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
41.9
Possession
58.1
11
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
515
412
Passes
572
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
41
Long Balls
33
20
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
16
23
Clearances
16

Highlights

01:55 Was Liverpool's victory vs. Marseille their best performance of the season? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

OLM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 32Facundo MedinaCD-L
  3. 5Leonardo BalerdiCD-R
  4. 62Amir MurilloLB
  5. 28Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 19Geoffrey KondogbiaCM-L
  7. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  8. 20Hamed TraoréLM
  9. 22Timothy WeahRM
  10. 9Amine GouiriCF-L
  11. 10Mason GreenwoodCF-R

LIV · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 2Joe GomezCD-R
  4. 6Milos KerkezLB
  5. 30Jeremie FrimpongRB
  6. 10Alexis Mac AllisterCM-L
  7. 38Ryan GravenberchCM-R
  8. 22Hugo EkitikeCF-L
  9. 11Mohamed SalahCF-R
  10. 7Florian WirtzAM-L
  11. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45'+1' Goal! Marseille 0, Liverpool 1. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 48' Benjamin Pavard (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 67' Substitution, Marseille. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Amine Gouiri.
  4. 68' Substitution, Marseille. Igor Paixão replaces Hamed Traoré.
  5. 68' Substitution, Marseille. Bilal Nadir replaces Geoffrey Kondogbia.
  6. 72' Own Goal by Gerónimo Rulli, Marseille. Marseille 0, Liverpool 2.
  7. 79' Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Florian Wirtz.
  8. 79' Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Hugo Ekitiké.
  9. 90'+2' Goal! Marseille 0, Liverpool 3. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.

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