Liverpool ran riot in Porto as they won their Champions League quarter-final 6-1 on aggregate to set up a clash with Barcelona.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
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Match Report
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah scored for the second game running as Liverpool cruised to a 4-1 victory over Porto, sealing a 6-1 aggregate win to set up a tantalising Champions League semi-final clash with Barcelona.
The Reds' romp began when Mane struck after 26 minutes of the quarter-final second leg at Estadio do Dragao, VAR ruling the Senegal international onside after Salah played him in.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will have been delighted with the way his back four dealt with Porto's attack as they tried in vain to turn the tie on its head.
Sergio Conceicao's men created enough chances to have levelled matters before Mane's strike but thereafter their attacking waves crashed harmlessly against Liverpool's defensive rocks, with Virgil van Dijk imperious.
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26' GOAL! Porto 0-1 Liverpool (Mane)
LIVERPOOL SCORE WITH THEIR FIRST SHOT ON TARGET! Not long after Van Dijk’s magnificent interception, the Reds score against the run of play after Salah ekes out a pinpoint pass towards Mane at the far post, and the Senegal forward pokes it home from close range!
Despite referee Makkeile’s consultation with his assistants and VAR, the goal stands and Liverpool have the crucial yet undeserved 1-0 lead they craved!
65' GOAL! Porto 0-2 Liverpool (Salah)
GAME, SET AND MATCH LIVERPOOL!! Salah scores his first away goal of this season’s Champions League after a quick breakaway which saw him coolly dispatch the ball past Casillas following Alexander-Arnold’s raking throughball that completely deceived the Dragons’ backline! It’s now 2-0 to Klopp’s men as they lead 4-0 on aggregate!
68' GOAL! Porto 1-2 Liverpool (Militao)
PORTO ARE BACK IN IT!! Real Madrid-bound Militao leaps highest in a crowded Liverpool box and powers an unstoppable header past a diving Alisson to make it 2-1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate!
77' GOAL! Porto 1-3 Liverpool (Firmino)
FIRMINO HAS MADE IT 3-1!! The substitute gets on the end of a wonderful cross by Henderson and glances a great header past Casillas to make it 5-1 on aggregate and put the tie well beyond doubt!
84' GOAL! Porto 1-4 Liverpool (Van Dijk)
VAN DIJK ADDS MORE GLOSS TO THE PROCEEDINGS! The centre-back ghosts inside the six-yard area to power it home past Casillas to make it 4-1 on the night and 6-1 on aggregate