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This time was not big, but Liverpool is on a 1/4-final
Liverpool easily qualified for the 1/4-finals in the Champions League after eliminating Porto. Anfield`s rematch ended without goals, but it was clear after the first game in which Merseyside had defeated their opponent as a 5-0 guest. Although he did not offer the expected goal show, the game was interesting today. Free from the tension, both teams tried to show good football, and Porto performed far better than Estancia to Dragao and could also reach the victory.
The two teams have already met five times in European tournaments and Liverpool has not lost yet - three wins and three draws. For Liverpool this is the first quarterfinals in the 2009 Champions League.
Reds manager Jurgen Klop made some changes in his line-up by giving Adam Lalana a chance to appear as part of the offensive trio along with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane. On the bench remained the top scorer of the team Mohamed Salah. Virgin Dean also received a break, and Deyan Lovren and Joel Mathip were part of the defense. James Milner, Jordan Henderson and Emre Zhang were the three in the middle of the pitch. Porto comes confidently to the Portuguese title, and a few days ago he beat one of his main rivals Sporting (Lisbon) by 2:1. Dragons` coach Sergio Consessa surprisingly left the Yasin Brahimis reserve. His place on the left flank was Bruno Kosta, and on the right in the midfield was Jesus Crown. The two attackers were Majid Waris and Vansan Abubakar, who was finally questioned.
The Anfield match started calmly and without dangerous attacks on the two doors. In the 9th minute a goal could be reached for Porto, but Abubacar could not control the ball and Loris Carius intervened.
In the 15th minute, the host`s guard again showed that he was following the game carefully after a good breakthrough by Warris, and in 18th Mane missed the score by shooting in the off. Porto played freely and used every opportunity to attack. Coron`s Pass found Abubakar, but his stroke did not hinder Karius. In the middle of the half-time, a mistake by the guests allowed Mane to progress, after which the Senegalese tried a crushing pass to Firmino, but he was blocked by Felipe. In the 31st minute Milner combined with Mane and he hit a nice shot that eliminated Iker Casziyas but the ball crossed the crossbar.
In the 35th minute, Milner could find the result but with his head shot over the door. There were more quiet minutes to the break and she came under zero draw. At the beginning of the second part, Milner was once again near the goal but shot down the door. Porto immediately responded with a dangerous blow to Waris. The striker from Ghana overcame Joe Gomez and shoots, but Karius saved. In the 58th minute, Firmino was in a good position and seemed to be unable to stop, but Felipe intervened brilliantly.
A little later, Firmino retreated to Danny Inggs, and Sergio Oliveira changed Andre Andre to Porto. The match via fixed matches progressed smoothly for Merseyside and they did not attack with all the strength, but there were no interesting moments before the door of Porto. The guests acted the heart, and among the most active ones was mex?
