Salah & Mane Send Liverpool To UCL Quarter-Finals
11 March, 2021
UEFA Champions League
Result: Liverpool 2-0 RB Leipzig (4-0 agg.)
Date: 10 March 2021
Venue: Puskas Arena
Liverpool secured progression to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the second leg on Wednesday evening.
Diogo Jota joined Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah in the attack while Fabinho was moved into the midfield alongside the returning Thiago Alcantara.
The Bundesliga, trailing by two goals, practically shocked the Reds inside opening ten minutes after Daniel Olmo found some space in the box but goalkeeper Alisson Becker was add up to your time and effort with a neat save.
The Reds should have taken the lead on 23 minutes when Thiago sent Salah through on goal but the Egyptian was struggling to beat Peter Gulacsi in a one-on-one situation.
Salah's frustration continued to go up a couple of minutes later as the Egyptian blazed over the crossbar from 10 yards out after being chosen by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Leipzig regain control of the overall game late in the first half, but were not able to find a way past Alisson while Jota squandered a large chance on the stroke of half, firing into the side-netting with the net gaping.
Julian Nagelsmann's charges arrived firing in the second stanza, which nearly led to the opening goal as Alexander Sorloth saw his header crash against the crossbar on 64 minutes.
Leipzig were designed to rue that miss as Liverpool opened the scoring six minutes later as Mane and Jota combined to create Salah, who cut to left before burying the ball into the bottom corner.
Mane got his name on the scoresheet minutes later with a first-time finish at the far post after getting on the finish of Divock Origi's pin-point cross.
The two quick-fire goals took the wind out of Leipzig's sail as the Reds held on to claim another clean sheet to secure an area in the quarter-finals.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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