Liverpool vs Benfica

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Benfica content to play on the break again. Few familiar names on the Benfica teamsheet to Premier League fans, I don’t mean Everton. Otamendi and Vertonghen are the centre-backs again, while former West Ham loan Joao Mario is on the bench. Not a blistering start from Liverpool but they don’t really need to fly out the traps here. Anyway, stretcher is waiting for the Benfica keeper just in case it’s needed. It beats the keeper Vlachodimos and Liverpool have the lead and surely they are heading to the semi-finals now. The Portuguese had tried to round the goalkeeper after a 1-2 with Diaz. Moments earlier he had headed home Gomez’s cross but was penalised for a push. Really good strike from Everton on the counter-attack. Ibrahima Konate opens the scoring for Liverpool with a header from Tsimikas' corner. Break in play as Vlachodimos receives treatment after taking Jota’s knee to the head. Firmino plays it across the face for a tap-in for Diaz but Grimaldo gets back and concedes a corner with a great sliding clearance. Liverpool have just nearly made it 2-0 through Firmino. Great block from Vertonghen to knock it onto the roof of the net after Diaz kept it alive. Expect there to be a raft of changes from Klopp, particularly around the hour-mark.

Jürgen Klopp will have been broadly satisfied as Liverpool ultimately secured fairly comfortable progress against Benfica.This is what we spotted.

The most selected player in the Klopp era, Firmino has gradually slipped down the pecking order, but his performance here was a reminder of the astonishing depth available to the manager. He has switched between the left and right pretty freely in his career to date, an invaluable quality for any manager to call upon. Benfica were caught offside four times in the first half alone.The only man who could beat the trap in the first period was James Milner, whose accidental pass let Benfica in behind for their equaliser. One of the many changes from the Manchester City game, Luis Díaz was restored to the Liverpool line-up. Admittedly, both goals came from situations where even Firmino had no choice but to pull the trigger, but he showed typically astute movement and anticipation to get on the end of both. “We must continue to support [those who lost loved ones] and observe this anniversary in a manner which honours the memory of those we lost.

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As he was in the first leg, Darwin Nunez is likely to be the key man for the visitors, with the forward netting an impressive hat-trick at the weekend. Liverpool have been going through the gears in the last couple of minutes, and they're rewarded with a corner from the left. Gilberto has certainly had a lot to deal with so far, while Luis Diaz hasn't seen much of the ball on the right. It ends up with Everton in the right half space, just outside the area. 31st min: The Liverpool pressure continues to mount, with a series of corners. The assistant's flag is up, and VAR shows the decision to be correct. It looks set for the Colombian to tap in, but Grimaldo slides in just in time, to take the ball off the attacker's foot. 25th min: Darwin Nunez has the ball in the back of the net, running into space behind Liverpool's defence before chipping Alisson in no man's land. 46th min: A Keita shot from outside the arrow fizzes just wide of the post, he hit across the ball slightly as a Jota cross was cleared to him. There's a VAR check for offside, but the goal stands! Nelson Verissimo's side are way off the pace in the league and were knocked out of both domestic cups by Porto and Sporting CP, meaning they have little left to play for other than going as far in Europe as they can. Jurgen Klopp's side were in control for the first half in Lisbon during the first leg of the quarter-final, with goals from Ibrahima Konate and Sadio Mane no less than they deserved.

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