Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, Spurs 3-2 Atlético Madrid and more: Champions League last-16 second legs – as it happened | Champions League
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That’ll be all from me. The Champions League will return in three weeks for the quarters. Here’s that lineup:
Cheers for reading and writing in.
David Hytner was in north London for a Spurs win – something to cling to as they leave the European stage.
Andy Hunter’s report is in from Anfield – that’s a night Arne Slot really needed.
Des Platt writes in:
I doubt that Liverpool can win the European this year but 2005 isn’t the only time it was done whilst finishing fifth in the league. We were absolutely rubbish in 1981 and I’m fairly sure finished about fifth but still managed European Cup & League Cup.
Chelsea, of course, won it in 2012 while finishing sixth in the league. Spurs fans will remember that one.
Ingo Herzke, thank you for raising a very important point.
I really feel for you with your workload – 14 goals in 3 games, plus
some disallowed ones, missed & retaken penalties and all that … but the
whole round was mad: 68 goals (so far 😉 in 16 games, that’s 4.25 goals
per game. Whatever happened to defending?
Liverpool will face PSG in the last eight. Atlético will take on Barcelona and Bayern Munich will play Real Madrid. Meh – I’m tired of all these heavyweight clashes. I want more variety. With that in mind, Arsenal-Sporting is my pick of the round.
That was fun, even it didn’t get all that tight at the end. That’s Igor Tudor’s first win at Spurs!
Full-time scores
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Bayern Munich 4-1 Atalanta (agg 10-2)
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Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1)
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Tottenham 3-2 Atlético Madrid (agg 5-7)
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1): Another goal disallowed for Liverpool as Mac Allister taps in from a corner – Van Dijk is penalised for brushing the goalkeeper in the buildup.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-2 Atlético Madrid (agg: 5-7) – Simons pen 90
That’s his second of the night – Xavi Simons’ effort goes in off the post as the keeper goes the other way.
Penalty to Tottenham!
Simons jinks into the area and Giménez brings him down …
GOAL! Bayern Munich 4-1 Atalanta (agg 10-2) – Samardzic 85
So begins the greatest comeback there ever was Atalanta pull one back with a Samardzic header at the back post.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1): Noa Lang is off for Galatasaray – he’s on a stretcher after hurting his hand really badly. Anfield applauds him as he’s carried away.
Colum Fordham writes in:
Great to see a proper old-style rampaging performance from Liverpool, capped by a trademark curling left-foot Mo Salah finish. Hopefully will do the team a world of good, an injection of self-confidence and the team playing with smiles on their faces, a million miles away from the Spurs game.
Finish fifth in the league and win the Champions League? Wait, I think I’ve seen this one before …
Alvarez whips the corner in for Atlético and Hancko rises at the front post for a glancing header. Diego Simeone falls to his knees, recognising that the job is done.
GOAL! Tottenham 2-2 Atlético Madrid (agg 4-7) – Hancko 75
A simple set-piece ends the tie.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 4-0 Atalanta (agg 10-1) – Díaz 70
And … another. Luis Díaz has probably heard about Liverpool and wants to get in on the action – the former Red escapes on the counter and finishes with a cheeky dink over the keeper. Just blow the final whistle, ref.
Messages flooding in to praise Spurs’ efforts. Dan Hamilton writes in:
Win, draw or lose today, Taha, Spurs players are sending all the right messages about where their mentality is at for their remaining games and there are two parties viewing this development with great concern. One, obviously, is Nottingham Forest. Two is West Ham United. Three is Mauricio Pochettino.
Whoops. I did say two parties. Well, you know that there are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count and those who can’t.
The Egyptian picks up the ball from Florian Wirtz, plays a neat one-two with the German as he drifts inside from the right, and then comes the curling effort from the edge of the area. That penalty is ancient history.
GOAL! Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1) – Salah 62
That is vintage Mo Salah.
Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray (agg 3-1): Will anyone think of my workload? Liverpool think they have a fourth with an own goal from a Frimpong cross, but the offside flag goes up.
GOALS! Bayern Munich 3-0 Atalanta (agg 9-1) – Kane 54 & Karl 56
Over in Germany, it gets even worse for Atalanta. Kane gets his 50th Champions League goal for Bayern and it’s a cracker – he twists and turns inside the area to hold off two defenders before finding the top corner. Karl adds another two minutes later, drifting in from the right to slot away with a first-time, left-footed finish.
Salah is in action in the area again, his first-time effort well saved after some excellent build up play through the middle … Gravenberch is present to hit his shot into the ground … and into the back of the net.
GOAL! Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray (agg 3-1) – Gravenberch 53
I reckon we can call this one.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Galatasaray (agg 2-1) – Ekitiké 51
Salah doesn’t let that penalty miss get to him – he plays a lovely ball across goal from the right and Ekitiké is there to slot in. Liverpool are finally in front.
Xavi Simons didn’t get the foul earlier but he plays a lovely one-two with Archie Gray before curling the ball into the bottom right corner from just outside the D. Spurs are showing some serious fight.
GOAL! Tottenham 2-1 Atlético Madrid (agg 4-6) – Simons 52
Hello, hello – we’re not done just yet.
Spurs appeal for a foul on Simons in the buildup by the goalscorer … but the goal stands.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Atlético Madrid (agg 3-6) – Alvarez 47
Atlético go on the counter … Lookman cuts in from the left, finds Alvarez, he turns by the penalty spot and wallops the ball into the top left corner!
Peadar de Búrca writes:
Hi there Taha, we used to have a player on our Galway Sunday league team who everyone called Joe Cool. He didn’t score all our goals, but he scored the really important ones. He took the penos, the free kicks and if we were a goal down in injury time, he popped up with the equalizer. The odd occasions when Saturday night was a bit much and he didn’t make the game the next day, well…we played like a plastic bag full of chopped ham. So, basically what I’m saying is Szoboszlai is Joe Cool.
Is this a roundabout way of saying Salah shouldn’t have taken the penalty?
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