Goals from Harvey Elliott and Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool defeat French side Lille on a busy night in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Salah opened the scoring for the Reds before Lille were reduced to 10 men with Aïssa Mandi showing a yellow card moment after the break.
Despite the sending off of a player, Lille equalized through Jonathan David, but substitute Elliott scored the winning goal in front of a very happy home crowd.
The thrilling maximum adjustment took its position in Portugal, while Barcelona beat Benfica in a nine-goal mystery, thanks to a 96-minute strike from Raphinha.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, wasted his chance to ensure everything in the last 16, since the appearance of Unai Emery ended up wasting 1-0 in Monaco.
Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 at Bologna in a destructive result, while Juventus’ surprise at the Bruges club ended in a 0-0 draw.
This is how it all happened. . .
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Harvey Elliott asked about this celebratory purpose, telling Amazon Prime: “To be honest, it’s pretty clear: I’m not leaving.
“This is my team and my club. I am a great admirer and we are in a wonderful position so far this season. I didn’t see the cat, but my friends sent me a message and they called me about some things.
“It will take place in January, especially after being absent for a long time and not having played as much as I would like, but it is football.
‘I’ve had conversations with the gaffer but at the same time I need to understand the situation. The team is flying – we are first in the Premier League and Champions League. For me to go in and say I should be starting it would be silly of myself really.
“You know what the answer will be. I want to continue to be patient and when I have opportunities, a lot of time, enjoy the moment, especially after being injured for 3 months at the beginning of the season. I just want to enjoy my football and when the possibility comes, I have to show the gaffer that if I want it, I’m ready. »
Lille striker Jonathan David, addressing Amazon Prime after his opposite team’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool, said: “[It’s] a team itself.
“I think they can be the team in the Global right now.
“Tonight is one more purpose [for me]. I’m satisfied that we controlled the scoreboard but we didn’t get the 3 points.
Speaking after the 2-1 win over Lille, Liverpool manager Arne Slot told Amazon Prime: “We’re pleased to be in the most sensible eight. He is the only one who tells me something, because this classification does not.
“Normally in tennis, if you are number one and you play with number 24, you know that they are not as smart as number 16, but since we play on other teams, number 24 is older than number 16.
‘We want to be on top of the league but we have to wait and see if that’s an advantage.’
Here’s how the Champions League league phase looks after the conclusion of Tuesday night’s 8pm games…
A night of brilliant action in the Champions League. The final whistle has already sounded on the seven kick-offs at 20:00.
Here are the full-time results:
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nine goals are an unknown in Portugal, while Raphinha gets the goal of victory in the 96th minute so that Barcelona breaks the heart of Benfica. Incredible drama!
Last drama in Madrid! Atlético took the lead over Leverkusen in the minute, and Julián Álvarez scored his second goal of the night. Brilliant returns!
oh wow! Scenes in Portugal! Eric Garcia’s logo for the Catalan team in the 87th minute to put Benfica 4-4 Barcelona.
It lasted two minutes. . . Stuttgart regains its two-goal lead thanks to Fabian Rieder.
IDJESSI Metsoko One Back for the Slovan Bratislava!
I didn’t give them much hope of a comeback at 3-0 down… but Red Star now trail by just one goal against 10-man PSV. Turning into a bit of a cracker there, too.
That. A play. Robert Lewandowski scored the penalty, his moment of the night, to reduce Benfica’s advantage to a goal. A few minutes of general game time. An absolute cookie this!
Red Star have pulled one back against 10-man PSV thanks to Cherif Ndiaye. But it’s surely too late for the Serbian side…
What on Earth is going on over in Italy?! Dortmund were ahead up until the 71st minute but Bologna have scored twice in the space of about 60 seconds to turn the game around. Unreal.
Thijs Dallinga brought the score to 1-1. LA England star Samuel Iling-Junior, on loan from Aston Villa, then made it 2-1.
Yes, it is the most productive game of the night. Six goals in 68 minutes.
An own goal from Ronald Araujo restores Benfica’s two-goal cushion!
Another purpose in the game of the night . . . Barcelona has just reduced the deficit in Portugal and are now following a single purpose. Raphinha goes up to the score sheet.
Well – that’s how you react! The 10 men of Lille were level for just five minutes with Harvey Elliott, who came on at half-time, grabbing his first Champions League goal at Anfield to make it 2-1.
‘Elliott had a huge impact off the bench at the weekend and this one, he hits it from about 20 yards and it takes a wicked deflection into the bottom corner,’ Stephen Warnock told the BBC. ‘If you don’t shoot, you don’t score.’
WOW! What a curve at Anfield!
The French of Lille stayed with 10 men in the 59th minute, but managed to recover the point a few moments later thanks to Jonathan David.
‘It’s against the run of play,’ Paul Merson said on Sky Sports. ‘David has been working off scraps all game. He’s had no service but finishes brilliantly.’
It’s a fun game. . . Arrayeh?
Two more red cards at 8 p. m. matches!Lille was reduced to 10 men opposite Liverpool, Aïssa Mandi earned a yellow card for a cynical foul on Luis Diaz.
Meanwhile, PSV, who led 3-0 at Red Star, had a guy sent with goalscorer Ryan Flamingo showed a red.