UEFA Champions League

Liverpool vs FC Porto 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 52': Thiago Alcantara
  • 70': Mohamed Salah
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2 - 0

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

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,209

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
5 Ibrahima Konaté Yellow Card
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

FCP FC Porto (4-4-2)

No. Name
99 Diogo Costa (GK)
3 Pepe
19 Chancel Mbemba Yellow Card
12 Zaidu Sanusi
23 João Mário
8 Mateus Uribe Yellow Card
27 Sérgio Oliveira
7 Luis Díaz
25 Otávio
9 Mehdi Taremi
30 Evanilson

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