UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Match Report

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Mohamed Salah in on goal-fest as Liverpool clinch top 8

Liverpool put their domestic problems behind them as they comfortably eased into the round of 16 of the Champions League with a 6-0 victory over Qarabag.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
14
6
Saves
1
43.8
Possession
56.2
5
SHOTS
38
1
ON GOAL
12
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
335
Accurate Passes
447
404
Passes
503
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
4
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.4
36
Long Balls
35
13
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
16
6
Effective Tackles
11
21
Tackles
17
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
11
27
Effective Clearances
7
27
Clearances
7

Highlights

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Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 38Ryan GravenberchCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 30Jeremie FrimpongRB
  6. 7Florian WirtzAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiRM
  9. 22Hugo EkitikeF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Freddie WoodmanSUB
  2. 14Federico ChiesaSUB
  3. 73Rio NgumohaSUB
  4. 25Giorgi MamardashviliSUB
  5. 68Kieran MorrisonSUB
  6. 3Wataru EndoSUB
  7. 42Trey NyoniSUB
  8. 6Milos KerkezSUB
  9. 65Amara NalloSUB

QAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Mateusz KochalskiG
  2. 81Kevin MedinaCD-L
  3. 13Bahlul MustafazadaCD-R
  4. 44Elvin CafarquliyevLB
  5. 2Matheus SilvaRB
  6. 9Joni MontielAM
  7. 8Marko JankovićLM
  8. 35Pedro BicalhoRM
  9. 17Camilo DuránF
  10. 10Abdellah ZoubirAM-L
  11. 15Leandro AndradeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Emmanuel AddaiSUB
  2. 97Fabijan BunticSUB
  3. 30Abbas HuseynovSUB
  4. 7Nariman AkhundzadeSUB
  5. 55Badavi HüseynovSUB
  6. 27Toral BayramovSUB
  7. 22Musa QurbanlySUB
  8. 3Samy MmaeeSUB
  9. 18DanielSUB
  10. 6Chris KouakouSUB
  11. 21Oleksiy KashchukSUB
  12. 89Amin RamazanovSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Substitution, Liverpool. Wataru Endo replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
  2. 15' Goal! Liverpool 1, Qarabag 0. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk following a corner.
  3. 21' Goal! Liverpool 2, Qarabag 0. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hugo Ekitiké.
  4. 50' Goal! Liverpool 3, Qarabag 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 57' Goal! Liverpool 4, Qarabag 0. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk following a fast break.
  6. 61' Goal! Liverpool 5, Qarabag 0. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Florian Wirtz.
  8. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Hugo Ekitiké.
  9. 67' Substitution, Qarabag. Toral Bayramov replaces Elvin Cafarquliyev.
  10. 68' Substitution, Qarabag. Nariman Akhundzada replaces Camilo Durán.
  11. 68' Substitution, Qarabag. Dani Bolt replaces Leandro Andrade.
  12. 70' Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Cody Gakpo.
  14. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Amara Nallo replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  15. 81' Substitution, Qarabag. Emmanuel Addai replaces Abdellah Zoubir.
  16. 85' Substitution, Qarabag. Musa Qurbanli replaces Joni Montiel.
  17. 90' Goal! Liverpool 6, Qarabag 0. Federico Chiesa (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk following a fast break.

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