JAKARTA - Liverpool managed to advance to the semifinals of the Champions League after in the second leg of the last eight they drew against Benfica at Anfield Stadium, Thursday, April 14 in the morning western Indonesia time. Liverpool managed to maintain the advantage over the representatives of Portugal.
In this second-leg match, six goals were created. Both teams drew with a score of 3-3. With this result, Liverpool escaped thanks to a 6-4 aggregate advantage.
In the semifinals, Liverpool will face Villarreal. The Spanish La Liga club previously got rid of the German Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich.
Appearing in front of their own supporters, Liverpool still insisted on scoring goals even though they only needed a draw. The new hosts' efforts succeeded in the 21st minute through Ibrahima Konate's goal who received the ball from Konstantinos Tsimikas.
In the 32nd minute, Benfica managed to equalize. Goncalo Ramos managed to beat Alisson Becker who was guarding the Liverpool goal. The first half ended with the score of 1-1.
In the second half, Liverpool increased the intensity of the attack. In the 55th minute, Roberto Firmino scored to bring the Reds 2-1 ahead.
After 10 minutes, Firmino again listed his name on the scoreboard and made Liverpool move further away with a 3-1 advantage.
The difference between the two goals caught the Liverpool players off guard. This is used by Benfica players.
In the 73rd minute, Roman Yaremchuk who received the ball from Alex Grimaldo, successfully reduced his team's score to 2-3.
Darwin Nunez dashed Liverpool's hopes of winning this match. He successfully converted Joao Mario's pass in the 82nd minute and made the game finally draw 3-3.
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