UEFA Champions League LIVE: Liverpool beat FC Porto 2:0 to maintain perfect Champions League record – 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. Follow Live European Football updates on InsideSport.IN
Liverpool was assured of advancing to the last 16 even before its fifth straight victory in Group B, while Porto stayed in second place ahead of a match against Atlético Madrid in two weeks that will help to determine which team qualifies with the English club.
FIVE WINS OUT OF FIVE IN THE #UCL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/n1aYdKMCIi
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 24, 2021
Thiago’s 52nd-minute opener was a thing of beauty, the Spain midfielder meeting a headed clearance with a first-time shot off his laces from 30 meters (yards) out that stayed low and flew into the corner.
Salah then scored a 10th goal in his last 10 Champions League games — and his 17th in all competitions this season — by dropping his shoulder as he drifted into the area from the right and shooting low inside the near post in the 70th.
Liverpool will look to complete a sweep of victories in the group stage, a feat never achieved by an English team, in its closing game against AC Milan. On the same night, Porto hosts Atlético, which like Milan has four points. A win would guarantee Porto’s progression to the knockout stage.
🇪🇬 @MoSalah has now struck 6️⃣ times in the #UCL, equalling Bobby Firmino’s club record of goals in a group stage, set in 2017-18 👑 pic.twitter.com/aKLgF3JCAh
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 24, 2021
Last Meeting Liverpool 5-1 FC Porto:
The last time these 2 sides met in the reverse fixture was in Portugal where Porto were trashed by the Merseyside team who score 5 goals. Bobby Firmino grabbed his hattrick while Mane and Salah both got on the scoresheet too. Taremi scored Porto’s only goal in the match. Prior to the match Porto were unbeaten in all competitions but unfortunately that didn’t end long enough
UEFA Champions League LIVE: Liverpool beat FC Porto 2:0 to maintain perfect Champions League record
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