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Liverpool 2-0 (4-0 agg) RB Leipzig PLAYER RATINGS: Phillips stars

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Liverpool cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals after a 4-0 aggregate victory over RB Leipzig on Wednesday night.

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane scored in a 2-0 win in Budapest to build on their first-leg advantage.

Here, Sportsmail's DOMINIC KING runs the rule over both sets of players in what was a much-needed win for the Reds.

LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1)

Alisson Becker – 7

One slight lapse in the first half when he flapped at a cross but, in the main, didn't put a glove out of place.

Trent Alexander-Arnold – 7

Leipzig's tactic in the first half was playing the ball in behind him but he was never caught out of position.

Nat Phillips – 8

Kept things simple. Headed it when it needed to be headed, cleared it when it needed to be cleared.

Ozan Kabak – 6.5

He's looking a lot more settled than was the case three weeks ago, made the interventions that he needed to,

Andrew Robertson – 6.5

Has been a reliable figure this season and that was the case again here, getting up and down the left with aplomb.

Gini Wijnaldum – 7

Covers so much ground and gets through so much work with the minimum of fuss; players like him are hard to find.

Fabinho – 7.5

Looked so much more comfortable in his natural midfield position and the team were so much more in control because of it.

Thiago Alcantara – 7

Hardly gave the ball away, one glorious pass to Salah with a karate kick was the highlight of his night.

Diogo Jota – 6.5

Could have had a hat-trick in the first half but wasted three glorious chances; provided pass for Salah's goal.

Sadio Mane – 7.5

Started well but got an early bump of the head; came to life in the second half helping create the first and scoring the second.

Mohamed Salah – 7.5

Always looked the man to come up with the goods and duly delivered when it mattered, ending his four-match famine.

Subs

Origi (for Jota 71mins)

Keita (for Thiago 71mins)

Not used: Adrian (GK), H Davies (GK) Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Keita, Jones, Tsimikas, Shaqiri, B Davies, R Williams, N Williams

Manager: Jurgen Klopp – 7

Will have been buoyed by the way his team controlled the tie but, equally, will have frustrated that the final score wasn't even more emphatic.

RB LEIPZIG (3-1-4-2): Gulacsi 7: Mukiele 6, Upamecano 5.5, Klostermann 5: Kampl 5 (Sorloth 46mins 6): Adams 5, Olmo 6.5 (Haidara 72mins 6), Sabitzer 6, Nkunku 6: Poulsen 5 (Hwang 60mins 6), Forsberg 5 (Kluivert 60mins 6)

Subs not used: Martinez (GK), Henrichs, Orban, Konate, Samardzic, Halstenberg

Manager – Julian Nagelsmann 5

Referee – Clement Turpin 7