Villarreal 2 – Liverpool 3: The Reds ease through to another UCL Final

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Liverpool 3-2 away win against Villarreal in the return meeting of semifinal held this Tuesday at the Estadio de la Ceramica. In the second leg, the game finished 3-2 to Liverpool, and with the first match ending with a 2-0 victory for Jurgen Klopp’s men, they go through convincingly. With this triumph, Liverpool will fight to become the new European Champion after having surpassed all their rivals.

Villarreal started strongly in the first half, with an early goal from Boulaye Dia in the 3rd minute. However they weren’t finished yet and Francis Coquelin made it 2-0 just before half-time, which saw the first half end 2-0.

Liverpool continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, thanks to Fabinho finding the net at the 62 minute mark. The momentum was now with Liverpool, who then scored again through a goal from Luis Diaz, 67 minutes in to establish a 2-2. However they weren’t finished yet and Sadio Mane made it 3-2, 74 minutes in with a final score of 3-2.

For Villarreal, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Manu Trigueros, Serge Aurier and Paco Alcacer, came on for Francis Coquelin, Gerard Moreno, Pervis Estupinan, Raul Albiol and Boulaye Dia. Liverpool brought on Luis Diaz, Curtis Jones, Kostas Tsimikas, Jordan Henderson and James Milner, to replace Diogo Jota, Thiago, Andy Robertson, Naby Keita and Fabinho.

The referee booked Etienne Capoue, Giovani Lo Celso and Pau Torres from Villarreal and Etienne Capoue (2 yellow cards) went off with a red card, while Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold also received a yellow.

With this victory The Reds you will be in the final of the competition, one step away from becoming the champion of the Champions League.

Technical card:
Villarreal:Geronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raul Albiol (Serge Aurier, min.79), Pau Torres, Pervis Estupinan (Manu Trigueros, min.79), Giovani Lo Celso, Etienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin (Alfonso Pedraza, min.69), Boulaye Dia (Paco Alcacer, min.81) and Gerard Moreno (Samuel Chukwueze, min.70)
Liverpool:Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson (Kostas Tsimikas, min.81), Naby Keita (Jordan Henderson, min.81), Fabinho (James Milner, min.84), Thiago (Curtis Jones, min.80), Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota (Luis Diaz, min.46) and Sadio Mane
Stadium:the Estadio de la Ceramica
Goals:Boulaye Dia (1-0, min. 3), Francis Coquelin (2-0, min. 41), Fabinho (2-1, min. 62), Luis Diaz (2-2, min. 67) and Sadio Mane (2-3, min. 74)
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