Liverpool vs FC Porto 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
Liverpool makes it 5 wins from 5 in Champions League
— Thiago Alcantara’s sublime long-range strike and Mohamed Salah’s latest individual goal maintained Liverpool’s perfect record in its Champions League group with a 2-0 win over Porto on Wednesday.
Match Commentary
- 25': Substitution, FC Porto. Fábio Cardoso replaces Pepe because of an injury.
- 29': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Mateus Uribe (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, FC Porto 0.
- 52': Goal! Liverpool 1, FC Porto 0. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
- 63': Substitution, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson replaces Konstantinos Tsimikas.
- 63': Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Thiago.
- 64': Substitution, FC Porto. Vitinha replaces Sérgio Oliveira.
- 64': Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Mehdi Taremi.
- 70': Goal! Liverpool 2, FC Porto 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
- 71': Substitution, Liverpool. Fabinho replaces Mohamed Salah.
- 72': Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Sadio Mané.
- 75': Chancel Mbemba (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Substitution, FC Porto. Toni Martínez replaces Evanilson.
- 77': Substitution, FC Porto. Marko Grujic replaces Mateus Uribe.
- 82': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
- 88': James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, FC Porto 0.
Game Information
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,209
Statistics
POR |
LIV![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 6 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 41.6 | Possession | 58.4 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 252 | Accurate Passes | 418 |
| 351 | Passes | 503 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 11 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 72 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 22 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 11 | Clearances | 15 |
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 32 | Joël Matip |
| 21 | Kostas Tsimikas |
| 76 | Neco Williams |
| 80 | Tyler Morton |
| 6 | Thiago Alcantara |
| 15 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
| 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| 10 | Sadio Mané |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
FC Porto (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Diogo Costa (GK) |
| 3 | Pepe |
| 19 | Chancel Mbemba |
| 12 | Zaidu Sanusi |
| 23 | João Mário |
| 8 | Mateus Uribe |
| 27 | Sérgio Oliveira |
| 7 | Luis Díaz |
| 25 | Otávio |
| 9 | Mehdi Taremi |
| 30 | Evanilson |
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