Champions League

Liverpool into quarter-finals

The 5-0 result in Portugal sends the Reds to the other round of the Champions League, at home they are suffused with a draw

Liverpool into quarter-finals

by
Lacky
March 7, 2018

The 5-0 result in Portugal sends the Reds to the other round of the Champions League, at home they are suffused with a draw

Champions League leaders with 28 goals after the 5-0 win in Portugal have made numerous changes to the base lineup. With nearly 10 changes liverpool approaches the goal with Sadio Mane who at the first match score hattrick.

Danny Ings’ looping header caused brief alarm in the second half, but the visitors held firm to salvage a clean sheet on their exit from the competition.

Key stats

Liverpool have hit the woodwork four times in the #UCL this season, second only to Manchester United (5)
This was only the fifth time in 42 games this season that Liverpool failed to score
Milner needs one more assist to equal the single-season assist record held by Neymar and Wayne Rooney
This was only Porto’s second clean sheet in their last ten #UCL fixtures