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Goal disallowed
90+4' Grimaldo receives a pass from João Mário on the left side of the box and crosses. Darwin Núñez cuts in off Alisson and scores, but the referee claims that the Uruguayan center forward is offside.
So close!
90+3' Tsimikas comes forward on the left side and crosses. Salah controls the ball on the right side of the box and hits it into the top corner. The ball goes dangerously close to the goal.
Liverpool substitution
90+1' Firmino out, Origi in.
Benfica substitution
90' Everton out, Gil Dias in.
Benfica substitution
90+1' Gilberto out, André Almeida in.
Goal disallowed
90' Salah is given a pass by Fabinho, Roberto Firmino, and Mané crosses the ball into the empty net. The referee overrules the shot as the Senegalese striker is ruled offside.
Additional time
90' Five minutes to go.
Over the goal
85' Tsimikas takes a corner from the left, Vertonghen makes a partial save, and Thiago Alcántara saves the rebound over the goal.
Alisson saves Liverpool
83' Paulo Bernardo raises the ball in the box and Darwin Núñez shoots first time. Alisson stretches out in his left corner to prevent Benfica's equalizer.
GOAL BENFICA GOAL
82' Call overturned again. João Mário and Darwin Núñez were onside. Tie game.
VAR
81' VAR reviews the lance.
Goal disallowed
81' Otamendi makes a long throw-in, João Mário can't reach it and Darwin Núñez appears free on the left side of the area and finishes with a cross from Alisson to tie the match.
Benfica substitution
77' Gonçalo Ramos out, Paulo Bernardo in.
No danger
76' Tsimikas takes a corner from the left and Otamendi pushes it away from the area. Thiago Alcántara has a chance, but it is not dangerous, and the ball goes out of bounds.
GOAL BENFICA GOAL
73' Call overturned. Yaremchuk is onside. Benfica's goal.
VAR
72' VAR reviews the lance.
Goal disallowed
72' Weigl receives a pass from Otamendi and sends Yaremchuk through. The striker is free, dribbles past Alisson and pushes the ball into an empty net. The referee cancels the goal and claims it was offside.
Benfica substitution
66' Taarabt out, João Mário in.
Liverpool substitution
66' Díaz out, Mané in.
GOAL LIVERPOOL GOAL
64' Tsimikas takes a free kick from the left side, which is met by Roberto Firmino, who breaks clear of his marker and finishes in front of goal for his second of the game to send England through to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
In the hands of the goalkeeper
61' Darwin Núñez comes forward on the left, drives to the end line and crosses. The ball deflects off Salah and Alisson makes a save.
Close
59' Joe Gomez comes forward on the right side and crosses, Naby Keïta shoots blocked, and Roberto Firmino tries to complete with a handball but gets in the way and fails to finish.
In the hands of the goalkeeper
58' Darwin Núñez is sent in on the left side, completely free, and his first-time shot is saved by Alisson.
Benfica substitution
57' Milner out, Thiago in.
Benfica substitution
57' Jota out, Salah in.
Benfica substitution
57' Henderson out, Fabinho in.
GOAL LIVERPOOL GOAL
55' Keïta makes a throw-in to Luis Díaz, but the ball is strong and Vlachodimos moves forward, but cannot hold on to the ball. Vertonghen cuts it off poorly, Diogo Jota gets the ball on the left and crosses. Roberto Firmino completes the move and puts Liverpool back in front of the goal.
Restart
The second half is under way.
Benfica substitution
Diogo Gonçalves out, Yaremchuk in.
Return
Athletes are back on the field.
Halftime
End of the first half.
Additional time
45' Three minutes to halftime.
So close!
44' Tsimikas crosses from the left, Grimaldo gets away from the area, Keïta gets the rebound and takes a shot from outside the area. The ball goes very close to the goal.
Grimaldo spectacular!
37' James Milner passes at speed to Roberto Firmino, Odysseas gets in trouble and the Brazilian forward rolls it to Luis Diaz. Before he can shoot, Grimaldo slips and tucks the ball away.
Far away
36' Naby Keïta receives Tsimikas, completely free, and takes a long shot, but it's not enough.
GOAL BENFICA GOAL
31' Benfica work the ball on the left. Diogo Gonçalves plays it in for Gonçalo Ramos to finish off Alisson and tie the game.
So close
29' Tsimikas takes a corner from the left, Luis Díaz heads it away, Roberto Firmino heads it dangerously, but Vertonghen blocks it with the back of his head.
Defensive cut
26' Tsimikas takes a corner from the right. Otamendi removes the danger.
Vlachodimos makes the save
25' Luis Diaz receives a pass on the right, leaves Weigl on the ground, and shoots with his foot. Vlachodimos blocks and Liverpool take a corner.
Offside
21' Darwin Núñez is brought on in a counterattack on the right side of the box, and he shoots the ball into the back of Alisson's net. It was a great goal, but the referee claims that the Uruguayan center forward was offside, and the goal is disallowed.
GOAL LIVERPOOL GOAL
20' Tsimikas takes a corner from the left, Konaté gets up well in the middle of the box and heads it into Vlachodimos' right corner to open the scoring.
Double save
19' Roberto Firmino tables with Luis Díaz and the Colombian forward crosses low from the low point. Vlachodimos blocks the ball and prevents Firmino's rebound.
Defensive cut
18' Tsimikas takes a free kick from the left and crosses it into the penalty area.
Vlachodimos saves Benfica
14' Gilberto and Otamendi get in the way in the air, Diogo Jota tables with Roberto Firmino and Vlachodimos comes out of the goal to prevent the shot.
So close!
12' Milner takes a low free kick from the right side, hits the wall and Benfica has a counterattack. Everton is given a pass on the right and tries a cross from outside the area. The ball goes close to the goal saved by Alisson.
Alisson saves
10' Darwin Núñez makes a solo run down the left side, avoids a back pass, but misses. Henderson deflects the ball and Alisson makes a save.
Vertonghen removes the danger
9' Tsimikas cuts in from Gilberto and crosses from the left. Vertonghen gets the ball out of the way.
Liverpool attacks
7' Diogo Jota crosses from the left and the defense makes a partial cut. Milner gets the ball on the left, hats off to Otamendi, and Odisseas comes out of the goal to make the save.
Foul
2' Darwin Núñez makes a cross from the left and Everton commits an attacking foul by bringing down Tsimikas in the area.
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Referees
Referee - Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant referees - Joost van Zuilen (NED) and Johan Balder (NED)
Fourth official - Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE)
VAR - Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR - Dennis Higler (NED)
Benfica substitutes
Hélton Leite; André Almeida, Lazaro, Álvaro, Morato, Meïté, Paulo Bernardo, Gil Dias, Radonjić, Yaremchuk e Seferović.
HC: Veríssimo.
Liverpool substitutes
Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Jones, Thiago, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Elliott, Mané, Salah, Origi.
HC: Klopp.
Benfica line-up
Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Weigl, Taarabt, Everton, Diogo Gonçalves; Núñez, Gonçalo Ramos.
Head coach: Nélson Veríssimo.
Liverpool line-up
Alisson; Gomez, Konaté, Matip, Tsimikas; Milner, Keïta, Henderson; Jota, Firmino, Díaz.
Head coach: Jürgen Klopp.
Squads
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Benfica possible line-up
Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Weigl, Taarabt; Diogo Gonçalves, Gonçalo Ramos, Everton; Núñez.
Head coach: Nélson Veríssimo.
Liverpool possible line-up
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, van Dijk, Tsimikas; Henderson, Fabinho, Keïta; Salah, Diogo Jota, Luis Díaz.
Head coach: Jürgen Klopp.
Benfica's form guide
- Benfica are yet to win a match in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals (three draws and six losses).
- The Eagles have lost their four European Cup quarterfinals ties, and seven of the last nine.
- The Lisbon side won two, drew two and lost two of their Group E games this season, both victories coming at home while they shipped nine goals in losing both games against Bayern. They also drew goalless at both Dynamo Kyiv and Barcelona.
- In the round of 16, Benfica twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at home against Ajax – who had won all six of their previous games in this season’s UEFA Champions League – before Darwin Núñez headed the only goal of the second leg in Amsterdam to seal progress.
- Third in the Portuguese Liga in 2020-21, nine points adrift of Champions Sporting, the most recent of Benfica’s 15 previous UEFA Champions League group stage campaigns came in 2019-20 – their tenth in succession.
- Benfica began their 2021-22 European campaign in the third qualifying round, where they won 2-0 both away and at home against Spartak Moskva. They then edged out PSV Eindhoven in the play-offs (2-1 on aggregate) in a repeat of the 1988 European Cup final they had lost on penalties to the Dutch club.
- The defeat at Bayern on Matchday 4 is one of only two Benfica losses in their last 11 European games outside Lisbon (three wins and five draws). The victory at Ajax ended a winless run of eight away matches in the UEFA Champions League proper (three draws and five losses), since a 3-2 victory at AEK Athens on Matchday 2 in 2018-19; the Eagles have not conceded in five of their six European games in a road in 2021-22 (two wins and three draws).
- The Lisbon giants have reached seven European Cup finals, winning the trophy in 1961 and 1962 bur losing on their five subsequent appearances, most recently against Milan in 1990.
- Those meetings with Arsenal in the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League round of 32 were Benfica’s last games against an English club before this tie.
- The Portuguese club’s record in two-legged ties against English opposition is five wins and eight losses, with victories in two of the last three.
- Benfica have won just 11 of their 39 matches against English clubs (seven draws and 21 losses), losing European finals to Manchester United and Chelsea. Their 18 UEFA encounters in England, including that 1968 European Cup final at Wembley Stadium against United, have yielded just four wins and 12 losses, although they have won two of their last three matches on Merseyside, also beating Everton 2-0 in the group stage of the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League.
- Benfica have lost the first leg at home in UEFA competition on five previous occasions and went on to aggregate defeat four times including the most recent, against Chelsea in the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals (0-1 home, 1-2 away). Their only aggregate success was against Dinamo Bucureşti in the first round of the 1999-00 UEFA Cup (0-1 home, 2-0 away). This is the first time they have lost the home first leg 3-1.
- Benfica’s European Cup quarterfinal record is eight wins and nine losses.
- Benfica’s record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is two wins and two losses.
Liverpool's form guide
- The Reds are in the UEFA Champions League for the 14th time; this is the ninth season in which they have reached the quarterfinals.
- Liverpool enjoyed a faultless record in this season’s group stage having won 2-1 against Milan on Matchday 6 to conclude their perfect Group B campaign. Liverpool had opened with a 3-2 win at home to Milan before beating Porto (7-1 on aggregate) and Atlético de Madrid (5-2 on aggregate).
- The Merseyside club made it four away wins from four games with a 2-0 game victory at Inter in the round of 16 first leg, going through despite a 1-0 loss at Anfield.
- Liverpool were one of three teams who won all six group games this season, along with Ajax and Bayern, although they were only one of the three who made it seven successive victories in the round of 16 first leg before their run was ended by Inter. Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Spartak Moskva, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern have all previously recorded six wins from six in a UEFA Champions League group stage; only Bayern went on to lift the trophy.
- This season was Liverpool’s 14th UEFA Champions League group appearance; they have only failed to progress to the last 16 or further three times.
- This is Liverpool’s fifth successive campaign in the UEFA Champions League proper, all under Jürgen Klopp; runners-up to Real Madrid in the 2017-18 final, they claimed their sixth European Cup at the expense of Tottenham with a 2-0 victory in the 2018-19 final.
- Liverpool’s last two UEFA Champions League campaigns have ended in defeat against clubs from Madrid. Dethroned by Atlético in the 2019-20 round of 16 (0-1 away, 2-3 at home after extra time), they lost to Real Madrid in last season’s quarterfinals (1-3 on aggregate).
- Klopp’s side had finished first in Group D on 13 points, ahead of Atalanta, Ajax and Midtjylland, before beating Leipzig in 2-0 in both legs of their round of 16 tie with both games played in Budapest.
- Liverpool have won six of their last nine UEFA Champions League games in Anfield (one draw and two losses).
- This is Liverpool’s fourth game against Portuguese opponents this season. The English club won 5-1 at Porto on Matchday 2, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino scored twice and Sadio Mané once, before second-half goals from Thiago Alcántara and Salah secured a 2-0 Matchday 5 in Anfield.
- The 2-0 second-leg loss to Benfica in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (0-3 aggregate) is Liverpool’s only defeat at home to Portuguese visitors.
- Liverpool have now won their last five games against Portuguese opponents, scoring 16 goals, and conceding three, and are unbeaten in eight matches (six wins and two draws) since a 1-0 loss at Braga in the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League round of 16 (0-1 aggregate).
- Liverpool’s record in two-legged ties against Portuguese clubs is seven wins and two losses. Their last knockout tie against Portuguese opponents was also their only meeting against a club from the country in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, a 6-1 aggregate win against Porto in the victorious 2018-19 campaign.
- Liverpool have been victorious on aggregate in all 35 of the UEFA competition ties in which they won the away first leg including against Inter in this season’s round of 16 – that was only the fifth time in those 35 ties they had lost the second home leg. The Reds have won 3-1 in the away first leg on four previous occasions in UEFA competition, most recently in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League against Kaunas in the second qualifying round (2-0 home) and CSKA Sofia in the third (0-1 home) – the latter fixture the only one of those four second legs they failed to win and in which they conceded a goal.
- Liverpool have won 11 of their previous 16 European Cup quarterfinals.
- Liverpool’s record in five UEFA penalty shoot-outs is four wins and one loss.
Previous meetings
- The most recent of the sides’ ten meetings before this tie came in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League quarterfinals, when Benfica came from behind to win 2-1 in the Lisbon first leg before Liverpool turned round the tie with a 4-1 victory at Anfield in which Fernando Torres scored twice. Óscar Cardozo was on target in both legs for the Portuguese side.
- Benfica ended Liverpool’s reign as UEFA Champions League holders in the 2005-06 round of 16. Luisão scored the only goal of the first leg in Lisbon six minutes from time before Simão Sabrosa and Fabrizio Miccoli secured a 2-0 win on Merseyside.
- The sides’ other three ties all came in the European Cup, and all in campaigns in which Liverpool went on to reach the final. In 1984-85 Ian Rush’s hat-trick in the second round first leg proved crucial as Liverpool won 3-1, progressing despite a 1-0 loss at Benfica; the Reds finished as runners-up to Juventus in that season’s competition.
- Ian Rush had also scored in both legs of the 1983-84 quarter-final between the clubs, the English side winning 1-0 at home and 4-1 away, Ronnie Whelan scoring twice in Portugal, and going on to beat Roma in the final.
- Holders Liverpool beat Benfica in the 1977-78 quarterfinals en route to retaining the trophy, a 2-1 away win preceding a 4-1 home victory. That was their first tie against Portuguese opponents.
Match background
- Liverpool is well placed to reach a third UEFA Champions League semi-final in five seasons as they welcome Benfica to Anfield holding a 3-1 first-leg advantage.
- The English club have now won eight of their nine games in this season’s competition while Benfica have recorded only three victories in their nine outings since the start of the group stage, although they earned a famous away win at Ajax in the round of 16.
- While Benfica are in the last eight for this first time in six seasons – and have gone no further since 1990, losing all four of their previous UEFA Champions League quarter-finals – Liverpool have reached this stage for the fourth time in five seasons, although their 2020-21 campaign ended at the same juncture.
- This is one of two quarterfinals between former European Cup winners, Chelsea’s tie against Real Madrid the other.
- The winners of this tie will play Villarreal in the semi-finals.
Benfica's roster
Goalkeepers – Mile Svilar, Samuel Soares, Leobrian Kokubo, Hélton Leite, Odisseas Vlachodimos.
Defenders – Gilberto, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jan Vertonghen, Nicolás Otamendi, André Almeida, Rafael Brito, Filipe Cruz, Tomás Araújo, Pedro Álvaro, Morato.
Midfielders – Everton, Soualiho Meïté, Diogo Gonçalves, João Mário, Valentino Lazaro, Julian Weigl, Gil Dias, Adel Taarabt, Paulo Bernardo.
Forwards – Darwin Núñez, Haris Seferović, Roman Yaremchuk, Rodrigo Pinho, Nemanja Radonjić, Rafa Silva, Henrique Araújo, Gérson Sousa, Tiago Gouveia, Umaro Embaló e Gonçalo Ramos.
Head coach – Nélson Veríssimo.
Liverpool's roster
Goalkeepers – Alisson Becker, Adrián, Caoimhin Kelleher, Harvey Davies.
Defenders – Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Joe Gomez, Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson, Joël Matip, Rhys Williams, Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Norris, Jarell Quansah, Luke Chambers, Billy Koumetio.
Midfielders – Fabinho, Thiago Alcántara, Naby Keïta, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones, Elijah Dixon-Bonner, Owen Beck, Harvey Elliott, Dominic Corness, Tyler Morton, Max Woltman, Conor Bradley, Harvey Blair.
Forwards – Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah, Takumi Minamino, Diogo Jota, Luis Díaz, Divock Origi, James Balazigi, Oakley Cannonier.
Head coach – Jürgen Klopp.
The match will be played at the Anfield Stadium
The Liverpool vs Benfica match will be played at the Anfield Stadium, in Liverpol, England. The sports venue has the capacity to receive 53,394 fans.
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