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

52': Thiago Alcantara
70': Mohamed Salah

FT
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

Full Table

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

Line-Ups

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

Substitutes:

Nathaniel Phillips, Andrew Robertson, Adrián, James Milner, Divock Origi, Fabinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Caoimhín Kelleher, Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk, Diogo Jota.

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

Substitutes:

Jesús Corona, Pepê , Vitinha, Francisco Conceição, Toni Martínez, Fábio Cardoso, Agustín Marchesín, Wendell, Marko Grujic, Fabio Vieira, Manafá , Bruno Costa.

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