Liverpool vs Benfica

Jurgen Klopp will have much to ponder after his heavily rotated side made heavy work against Benfica at Anfield.

There was, however, too little time for Benfica. There will be plenty of time before the semi-final for Klopp to digest the lessons of this match. Yaremchuk is Ukrainian, who played for Dynamo Kyiv, while at Charlton Gomez was coached by Sergei Baltacha, a citizen of Mariupol, the Stalingrad of our times. The ball skimmed the top of Otamendi’s head and Firmino tapped in. Vlachodimos could only parry a shot, the ball was scooped back into the mix by Jota and Firmino finished things off for his first Champions League goal in two years. However, VAR ruled that the ball had come off James Milner’s boot. Even against a Liverpool side that had made seven changes from the team that had just failed to inflict a decisive blow in Sunday’s “ title decider”, everything had to fall perfectly for Benfica and in the 21st minute things fell very badly indeed.

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"All Benfica fans must be proud of this campaign. We are through and that's all that matters and I'm really happy." The Lisbon side exited the competition with the applause of their own fans -- and Liverpool's -- ringing in their ears after delivering a performance full of belief and commitment until the end.

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As he was in the first leg, Darwin Nunez is likely to be the key man for the visitors, with the forward netting an impressive hat-trick at the weekend. Liverpool have been going through the gears in the last couple of minutes, and they're rewarded with a corner from the left. Gilberto has certainly had a lot to deal with so far, while Luis Diaz hasn't seen much of the ball on the right. It ends up with Everton in the right half space, just outside the area. 31st min: The Liverpool pressure continues to mount, with a series of corners. It looks set for the Colombian to tap in, but Grimaldo slides in just in time, to take the ball off the attacker's foot. The assistant's flag is up, and VAR shows the decision to be correct. 46th min: A Keita shot from outside the arrow fizzes just wide of the post, he hit across the ball slightly as a Jota cross was cleared to him. 25th min: Darwin Nunez has the ball in the back of the net, running into space behind Liverpool's defence before chipping Alisson in no man's land. Nelson Verissimo's side are way off the pace in the league and were knocked out of both domestic cups by Porto and Sporting CP, meaning they have little left to play for other than going as far in Europe as they can. Jurgen Klopp's side were in control for the first half in Lisbon during the first leg of the quarter-final, with goals from Ibrahima Konate and Sadio Mane no less than they deserved. Liverpool have been comfortable enough in the first five minutes of this half.

Liverpool are on course for the Champions League semi-finals as they prepare to entertain Benfica at Anfield tonight.

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As he was in the first leg, Darwin Nunez is likely to be the key man for the visitors, with the forward netting an impressive hat-trick at the weekend. Liverpool have been going through the gears in the last couple of minutes, and they're rewarded with a corner from the left. Gilberto has certainly had a lot to deal with so far, while Luis Diaz hasn't seen much of the ball on the right. It ends up with Everton in the right half space, just outside the area. 31st min: The Liverpool pressure continues to mount, with a series of corners. The assistant's flag is up, and VAR shows the decision to be correct. It looks set for the Colombian to tap in, but Grimaldo slides in just in time, to take the ball off the attacker's foot. 25th min: Darwin Nunez has the ball in the back of the net, running into space behind Liverpool's defence before chipping Alisson in no man's land. 46th min: A Keita shot from outside the arrow fizzes just wide of the post, he hit across the ball slightly as a Jota cross was cleared to him. There's a VAR check for offside, but the goal stands! Nelson Verissimo's side are way off the pace in the league and were knocked out of both domestic cups by Porto and Sporting CP, meaning they have little left to play for other than going as far in Europe as they can. Jurgen Klopp's side were in control for the first half in Lisbon during the first leg of the quarter-final, with goals from Ibrahima Konate and Sadio Mane no less than they deserved.

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It’s a feast for the eyes ... and for the ears. A first corner of the evening for Liverpool out on the left. Milner tries to keep things going with a wedge down the channel. 10 min: A little bit of space for Tsimikas down the left. Jota considers a curler towards the top right, just inside the box, but opts to slip Tsimikas in on the overlap instead. He lashes a shot past Alisson and into the left-hand side of the net. 42 min: Liverpool try to settle everyone down with a little bit of sterile possession in the midfield. 47 min: Diaz wins a Liverpool a corner down the right. Goncalves wins a 50-50 with Milner and prods a ball down the inside left. The ball breaks to Henderson, who rolls into the direction of Gomez, steaming in from the right. 51 min: Diaz and Firmino latch onto a loose ball on the edge of the Benfica box. Easy for Alisson, the flag goes up for offside anyway, and that’s the end of a highly entertaining first half.

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Benfica content to play on the break again. Few familiar names on the Benfica teamsheet to Premier League fans, I don’t mean Everton. Otamendi and Vertonghen are the centre-backs again, while former West Ham loan Joao Mario is on the bench. Not a blistering start from Liverpool but they don’t really need to fly out the traps here. Anyway, stretcher is waiting for the Benfica keeper just in case it’s needed. It beats the keeper Vlachodimos and Liverpool have the lead and surely they are heading to the semi-finals now. The Portuguese had tried to round the goalkeeper after a 1-2 with Diaz. Moments earlier he had headed home Gomez’s cross but was penalised for a push. Really good strike from Everton on the counter-attack. Ibrahima Konate opens the scoring for Liverpool with a header from Tsimikas' corner. Break in play as Vlachodimos receives treatment after taking Jota’s knee to the head. Firmino plays it across the face for a tap-in for Diaz but Grimaldo gets back and concedes a corner with a great sliding clearance. Liverpool have just nearly made it 2-0 through Firmino. Great block from Vertonghen to knock it onto the roof of the net after Diaz kept it alive. Expect there to be a raft of changes from Klopp, particularly around the hour-mark.

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Liverpool It’s hard not to start dreaming with the way things are shaping up so far. That said, we just saw competition favorites Bayern Munich and European Cup holders Chelsea eliminated last night, so the Reds will need to concentrate at completing their task at hand.