In the early morning of April 14, Beijing time, the Premier League Liverpool team drew 3-3 at home with the Portuguese Super League Benfica in the second leg of the quarter-final of this season's Champions League, and the total score was 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals.
A 3-1 away win in the first leg gave Liverpool the upper hand in the quarter-final against Benfica. In order to prepare for the FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City at the weekend, Liverpool coach Klopp chose to retire Van Dijk, Arnold, Salah, Mane and other 7 main players.
Ramos scored to bring the score to 1-1 for Benfica.
There are some reservations in personnel, and liverpool still play a big deal, playing against the opponent. In the 21st minute, Greek left-back Zimikas crossed from a corner and assisted centre-back Konath's header to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead. However, Benfica responded after conceding a goal 10 minutes later, when 20-year-old Portuguese teenager Gonzalo Ramos fired straight into the corner of the penalty area. At half-time, the two teams were tied 1-1.
Firmino "scored twice" and Liverpool led 3-1.
In the second half, Liverpool continued to pounce, and in the 55th and 65th minutes, Brazilian striker Firmino scored two goals in 10 minutes to extend the aggregate score to 6-2. Since then, Liverpool have relaxed markedly, and Benfica, who are not willing to lose a big score, scored one goal each by Ukrainian star Yaremchuk and Uruguayan striker Núñez. In the end, the two teams drew 3-3, and Liverpool advanced to the final four with an aggregate score of 6-4.
Before the finale, Nunez scored and the two sides shook hands 3-3.
After the game, Klopp, who was in a good mood, praised the team, "We rotated 7 players, but the performance was indeed one of the best of the season, although the 3-3 score was a bit regrettable, but the players all played their own characteristics." In the following semi-finals, Liverpool will play against the "yellow dive" of the just eliminated Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, to which Klopp said: "Their consecutive defeats over Juve and Bayern are really impressive. In addition, their manager Emery is particularly good at winning the cup and is a great coach. ”
Henderson, the midfielder who started the game, believes that "Huang Qian" is definitely not an opponent that can be despised, "They are really good, the playing style is very characteristic, and there are many excellent players." We have to be ready and hopefully we can finally reach the final! ”